11/11/2012
There are no magic words an employee has to utter in order to engage in protected activity. As long as what he says would lead a reasonable person to conclude he’s complaining about some form of discrimination, he has protection from retaliation.
11/11/2012
If New York employers want to shorten the time frame in which former employees can file lawsuits, they can do so by including a clause to that effect in their employment applications. However, that may apply only to New York state claims, not federal ones.