Jonathan Meyers Jonathan Meyers

SuperLawyers 2022

Pleased to have been named to SuperLawyers in 2022:

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Layoffs Coming in 2023

Pleased to have been named to SuperLawyers in 2022:

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Unemployment Problems Abound

Despite substantial time having passed since the Covid overwhelmed the system, unemployment is still bogged down in delays that can be crushing for people who badly need benefits. And having to worry about the need to pay back thousands, months or years after its been spent is harrowing: https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/09/i-have-to-pay-back-nearly-11k-in-unemployment-benefits-how-could-this-happen.html?fbclid=IwAR0JvB3DrB96vTU8z1z8jofVGR6A55qAUwr9GjOrojzx9vqU9xk9beajiVI

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NY Upgrades whistleblower law

NY's Whistleblower statute used to be very weak (it did not consider most kinds of employee complaints to be legally-protected). This year, the statute was amended and covers a wide variety of employee complaints -- about safety, environmental harm, financial wrong-doing, etc. This is article does a good job of explaining the breadth of the amended statute (about halfway through the text):

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/new-york-expands-protections-whistleblowers?amp&fbclid=IwAR1Hx6jXGIDyIBALlJhpT8WgLe511UUC61VM9dGHNpaHm5cfalhzWAumh78

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