The Long Island Press announced that Famighetti and Weinick, PLLC has been nominated for the Bethpage FCU Best of Long Island program in the category of Services – Law Firm. According to the Long Island Press, voting begins on October 1, 2014 and runs to December 15, 2014. During the voting period, voters can cast…
Continue reading ›Famighetti & Weinick, PLLC partners Peter J. Famighetti and Matthew Weinick were selected for inclusion in the 2014 Super Lawyers New York Metro Magazine. Famighetti was selected to the Super Lawyers list in the category of Plaintiff’s employment litigation. Less than 5% of the lawyers in New York State are selected to the list after…
Continue reading ›It is a constant challenge for employers to keep up with the panoply of protections afforded to actual employees by federal, state and local employment discrimination and other laws…. Learn More…
Continue reading ›EEOC is reversing nearly half of dismissals; USPS and Army among the worst offenders. Learn More…
Continue reading ›Hofstra University law professor Joanna Grossman and University of Pittsburg law professor Deborah Brake comment on a recent lawsuit filed by Leigh Castergine against her former employer, the New … Learn More…
Continue reading ›RENO, Nev., Sept. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ Age discrimination is so pervasive in America that even workers in their 30s, 40s are 50s are suffering, according to Patricia G. Barnes, an attorney and judge who has written a new book called, Betrayed:The Legalization of Age Discrimination in the Workplace. Learn More…
Continue reading ›Legislation Will Expand Protections for Veterans, Domestic Violence Survivors, Pregnant Women, Renters, and more. Learn More…
Continue reading ›Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office thinks the new law will apply to 200,000 working New Yorkers who previously had to choose between health and pay. Learn More…
Continue reading ›Federal Courts recently decided two cases involving public employee First Amendment issues. In Lane v. Franks, the U.S. Supreme Court settled an important question of law –whether public employers who testify truthfully pursuant to a subpoena are protected from retaliation by their employer under the First Amendment. In Pekowsky v. Yonkers Bd. of Educ., Judge…
Continue reading ›Many employees think that “whistleblowing” in the workplace is widely protected. However, New York’s primary whistleblower statute, Labor Law 740, is very narrow and only protects a very specific set of whistleblowing activities. Although the requirements to prove such claims at trial have not changed nor has scope of the protections changed, New York’s highest…
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