Constructive Discharge

At-Will Employment Challenged by New York City Ordinance

Constructive Discharge, Litigation, Personnel Policies, Workplace Discrimination /

Currently, employees in the fast-food industry, like employees in every other industry in New York City, are considered “at-will” employees.  That is, they can be fired for any lawful reason, or no reason at all. However, at-will employment in New York City’s fast-food industry is slated to come to an end this summer.  An ordinance […]

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NURSE WHO RESIGNED OVER ETHICAL CONFLICT DEEMED ENTITLED TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS

Constructive Discharge /

           An upstate appeals court has confirmed a decision from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board which held that a nurse who quit her employment when certain ethical concerns she raised with her employer’s management went unaddressed was entitled to unemployment insurance benefits.              Jane Emery worked as a per diem clinical nurse who provided supplemental coverage

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