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HR Alert: Local Business Settles For $225k in Discrimination Damages

Written by Lisa Coppola on March 31, 2025. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

A local tavern is paying two of its former bartenders $225,000 after being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC filed a lawsuit on behalf of the bartenders, alleging that New York Beer Project...

HR Alert: Protecting Small Business Owners from Big Litigation Costs

Written by Lisa Coppola on February 12, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Learning Objectives How to minimize potential exposure to your business in advance. How to address claims, efficiently and expeditiously, if they come to light. Where We Are As Small Businesses It’s not an exaggeration...

ADA Compliance and Schools

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 6, 2023. Posted in Charter Schools.

Operating public charter schools can be a challenging venture for many reasons, yet it’s also rewarding to see students grow both academically and socially over time. Although it’s often thought of as an employment-related...

HR Alert: My Employee Trashed Our Company on Facebook, What Can I Do?

Written by Lisa Coppola on February 14, 2023. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

You’re a good employer and a responsible business, and you always put your employees first. But that doesn’t necessarily mean your employees will see it that way, especially when a poor performer has a bad outcome or gets...

HR Alert: How the ADA Can Snag Your Marketing Team

Written by Lisa Coppola on January 31, 2023. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

While perhaps not purely a human resources issue, we know our HR professional clients and business owners have become well acquainted with the federal law known as the ADA, which is short for the Americans with Disabilities...

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HR Alert: EEOC Files First COVID-19 Accommodation Lawsuit

Written by Lisa Coppola on September 28, 2021. Posted in Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

If you give a moose a muffin, he’ll want some jam to go with it. We all knew it was coming. What happens when employees want to continue to work from home even after the rest of the company returns full-time to the office? This...

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Fall on Ice? Do This First.

Written by Lisa Coppola on February 18, 2020. Posted in Business, Personal Injury.

We’re in the thick of winter here in Western New York, which means we’re no stranger to the risk of falling on ice. The unfortunate reality is that slips and falls can lead to serious and lasting injuries. For this reason,...

Breaking: New York’s Child Victims Act To Protect Older Victims

Written by Lisa Coppola on February 15, 2019. Posted in Personal Injury.

The Child Victims Act was signed into law in New York State on February 14, 2019. Here’s what you should know: The law extends the statute of limitations for sexual abuse cases in which the victim was less than 18 years old....

Social Media Evidence & Litigation: Private Isn’t Private Anymore

Written by Lisa Coppola on March 26, 2018. Posted in Business, Litigation.

Recent guidance from the New York Court of Appeals tells us that private social media accounts may not be as protected as we thought. Protecting information you post online no longer is as simple as double-checking your privacy...

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