New York Questions and Answers

Only 6 weeks of FMLA???
I recently had a baby on 11/8/2018. I told my employer I would be using NY Paid Family Leave for the first 8 weeks and would return to work after 8 weeks. However, I decided to use another 2 weeks of ...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 5, 2019 08:37 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Can I get short term disability benefits from 2 separate employers in NY state ?
Can I get short term disability from 2 different employers in NY state , can it add up to more than $170 a week?
1 answer  |  asked Jan 4, 2019 08:32 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Unsolicited Reference
Prior employee of a WI company. Left on my own - was not fired. Did not ask for a reference from that company. Got a new job in NY months after leaving prior company. My new employer told me today he ...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 18, 2018 2:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Can I use my fmla to refuse mandatory overtime ?
I came into work at 3:45pm and at that time I informed my sergeant that I cannot stay for mandatory overtime. He came to me at 6:15pm and mandated me stating he didn’t have anyone. I have a mother w...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 16, 2018 7:31 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Can I use my fmla to refuse mandatory overtime ?
I came into work at 3:45pm and at that time I informed my sergeant that I cannot stay for mandatory overtime. He came to me at 6:15pm and mandated me stating he didn’t have anyone. I have a mother w...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 16, 2018 6:45 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Can a non-exempt employee delegate work to an unpaid intern?
I am an exempt employee living in New York City, working at a 501c3. After January 1, 2019, my salary is under the new threshold for exempt salaried employees, and I will be reclassified as "non-exemp...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 14, 2018 1:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Can an employer close the company on holidays and force you to use personal time
Can a company close the business on Dec 24 and Dec 31 and force employees to use there personal days to be paid?
2 answers  |  asked Nov 27, 2018 07:28 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

I worked for a factory for 2 years. I found a closer job so I quit and started my new job. My first week there I was fired due to a supposed personal conflict. It was about an altercation that previously happened, over two years ago. I didn't know the per
My employer initially said it was low performance then added how the other employee felt threatened or worried about my presence there. We worked seperate shifts and I never even knew he was there unt...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 19, 2018 07:21 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Is my supervisor wrong?
I am a school bus attendant and my driver was having in appropriate conversations with me on the bus while children were on the bus about religion and abortions and that at one point when he first got...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 11, 2018 09:22 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

My supervisor disclosed false personal information about me to my physician. Is this defamation or a violation of privacy law?
I work for a nonprofit health care provider serving individuals with chronic diseases including substance use disorders. I am in recovery. My supervisor, who knows my substance use history, went out a...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 7, 2018 8:17 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York