2008. The unemployment rate, and the total amount of unemployed individuals, were the lowest they had been in nine years.The New York Division of Labor Standards, the body that enforces New York’s labor laws, enforces the following protections for anyone employed in the state of New York:...
Transcript In episode 54 ofBarclay Damon Live:Labor & Employment Podcast, host Ari Kwiatkowski gives an update on changes to both federal and New York State law in “New Laws Pump Up Protection for Nursing Employees.” The federal PUMP (Providing Urgent Maternal Protections fo...
Women used to come to New York for reproductive healthcare. Now, they sometimes have to leave because New York State law does not comprehensively protect reproductive freedom. For eight years, Andrew Cuomo has claimed to be a pro-choice champion. And for eight years, New York has failed to...
Givati and Troiano (2012) use gender marking in pronouns as an instrumental variable for maternity leave laws. Gay et al. (2013) show that women who live in countries where grammar is sex-based face barriers in accessing labour, land, and credit markets, and Santacreu-Vasut et al., (...
Givati and Troiano (2012) use gender marking in pronouns as an instrumental variable for maternity leave laws. Gay et al. (2013) show that women who live in countries where grammar is sex-based face barriers in accessing labour, land, and credit markets, and Santacreu-Vasut et al., (...
Of the 50 states, 30 of them exempt breastfeeding from public indecency laws. These include Florida, New York, Tennessee, and Washington. You can view the full listhere. So, if you have to breastfeed on the go, do it. You’re well within your rights. ...
1929; Stewart Millinery Shop, 1929 (image from Vogue); detail from ornamental frieze above the 8th story, 1929. The building was demolished in 1980 to make way for Trump Tower. Neither the frieze nor the ornate ironwork were saved. (Museum of the City of New York/Vogue viadrivingfordeco....
Rollin Kirby’s miserly, foreboding “Mr. Dry” made his first appearance in the pages of the New York World on Jan. 17, 1920, shortly after Prohibition laws went into effect in the United States. Mr. Dry also made an appearance at the end of 1920, to throw some water on America’s...
The Estates, Powers, and Trusts Laws of New York State prevent one spouse from disinheriting another in the event of a divorce. Even if you bequeath your assets to someone else, a former spouse can obtain his or her “elective share” of probate and non-probate assets. ...
Mary Cassatt(1844-1926) was an American painter who for most of her adult life lived in France among fellow Impressionists. Like her friendEdgar Degas,Cassatt excelled in pastels, works that were admired by criticLewis Mumfordin an exhibition at New York’s Durand-Ruel Galleries: ...