Are you an Employee in New York? 8 Key Considerations for Success

Are you a Small Business in NY? 8 Key Considerations for Success

Helpful Links

Below are some legal resources explaining why protected classes mean so much.

https://www.eeoc.gov/harassment

https://dhr.ny.gov/new-workplace-discrimination-and-harassment-protections

https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/law/the-law.page

https://www.jamsadr.com/newyork

https://rb.gy/18w5j

AI (artificial intelligence) reality check

  • AI is being used by the largest most reputable lawyer rating platforms
  • No technology has ever been adopted as quickly as AI
  • AI should not be any lawyer’s or employee’s exclusive resource
  • Critical reading is key in determining who drafted anything
  • Fewer than one half of one percent of all federal court filed civil lawsuits go to trial
  • A recent AI inquiry produced an answer which was only two tenths of one percent different
  • If you ask AI politely, precede your inquiry with “please tell me”, AI is more accurate
  • Generative AI is even better and getting closer to human answers every day
  • No one knows how many employee positions AI eliminates daily but it’s substantial
  • As employers incorporate more AI into everything they do it’s unlikely that our laws, which take so long to pass, will keep up
  • Employment law jury trials are so rare that they are close to extinction
  • AI knows that a “notable portion” of favorable to employee jury awards are reduced
  • Lawyers may ethically advertise jury award figures but don’t have to disclose those which went uncollected or were reduced
  • The overwhelming majority of employees who appeal in federal court lose
  • AI may not tell you that one of the most important skills for an employment lawyer is the ability to resolve claims sooner than later
  • AI may also not tell you that no one can force the settlement of any employment claim
  • AI is getting better at discerning facts from fakes but it’s not there yet
  • Chats, emails, instant messages are not the same as speaking with human employment lawyers
  • Employment lawyers pick up on tones of voice, hesitations, reluctance, inflection, deflection, and so many other subtle pieces of information that can only come from a phone call
  • Most of us offer initial free fifteen minute phone consultations because some of us don’t want to waste your money or our time
  • Only employees and small businesses can make their best choices for employment lawyers by picking up their phones and calling
  • If AI answers your call insist on fifteen minutes with a living employment lawyer before paying hundreds for an in-person consultation which is more likely to be disappointing
Resources

Are you an Employee in New York? 8 Key Considerations for Success

Are you a Small Business in NY? 8 Key Considerations for Success

Helpful Links

Below are some legal resources explaining why protected classes mean so much.

https://www.eeoc.gov/harassment

https://dhr.ny.gov/new-workplace-discrimination-and-harassment-protections

https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/law/the-law.page

https://www.jamsadr.com/newyork

https://rb.gy/18w5j

AI (artificial intelligence) reality check

  • AI is being used by the largest most reputable lawyer rating platforms
  • No technology has ever been adopted as quickly as AI
  • AI should not be any lawyer’s or employee’s exclusive resource
  • Critical reading is key in determining who drafted anything
  • Fewer than one half of one percent of all federal court filed civil lawsuits go to trial
  • A recent AI inquiry produced an answer which was only two tenths of one percent different
  • If you ask AI politely, precede your inquiry with “please tell me”, AI is more accurate
  • Generative AI is even better and getting closer to human answers every day
  • No one knows how many employee positions AI eliminates daily but it’s substantial
  • As employers incorporate more AI into everything they do it’s unlikely that our laws, which take so long to pass, will keep up
  • Employment law jury trials are so rare that they are close to extinction
  • AI knows that a “notable portion” of favorable to employee jury awards are reduced
  • Lawyers may ethically advertise jury award figures but don’t have to disclose those which went uncollected or were reduced
  • The overwhelming majority of employees who appeal in federal court lose
  • AI may not tell you that one of the most important skills for an employment lawyer is the ability to resolve claims sooner than later
  • AI may also not tell you that no one can force the settlement of any employment claim
  • AI is getting better at discerning facts from fakes but it’s not there yet
  • Chats, emails, instant messages are not the same as speaking with human employment lawyers
  • Employment lawyers pick up on tones of voice, hesitations, reluctance, inflection, deflection, and so many other subtle pieces of information that can only come from a phone call
  • Most of us offer initial free fifteen minute phone consultations because some of us don’t want to waste your money or our time
  • Only employees and small businesses can make their best choices for employment lawyers by picking up their phones and calling
  • If AI answers your call insist on fifteen minutes with a living employment lawyer before paying hundreds for an in-person consultation which is more likely to be disappointing