Right to Challenge Your Employment Status Misclassification of workers as independent contractors is a common way for employers to avoid paying for benefits that employees are legally entitled to under the law. Ask yourself the following questions to make sure that you are not being cheated out of benefits like Paid Sick Leave, Paid Family […]
Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed legislation amending Section 740 of the New York Labor Law that significantly expands protections for whistleblowers in the workplace. The amendment will take effect on January 26, 2022, and when it does, New York will have one of the strongest whistleblower protection laws in all fifty states. The amended Section […]
Thank you so much for helping to sustain our Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) over the years. You play a significant role in our work, and we are writing to ask for your renewed support! For the past 19 years, the Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) has been on a move to change the way […]
