Protecting Workers’ Rights. It’s All We Do.

Helping Victims of Harassment & Discrimination

As a full-service employment law firm, Ricotta & Marks, P.C. can help you with everything from employment contract negotiations to handling disputes through mediation and arbitration, all the way through to trial, when necessary. We even have experience with employer defense, so we can look at cases from all angles in order to develop a comprehensive legal strategy that takes every aspect of these complicated matters into account. 

Our employment attorneys are dedicated to ensuring that all workers have the opportunity to pursue successful careers and experience workplaces that are free from harassment or other situations that create tension. For example, according to the New York Department of Human Rights, employers can be held responsible for sexual harassment in the workplace if the harassment was the fault of a co-owner, manager, or supervisor of the employer is responsible, regardless of whether or not they knew it was occurring. If the harassment occurred among regular employees, the employer can be held responsible if they knew about it, should have known about it, or failed to have a sexual harassment policy in place.

The same is true for employee discrimination, which includes a wide range of protected categories, such as disability, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, and violations of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Discrimination should never be tolerated, as it creates unneeded stress, hurts productivity, and fosters a toxic work culture. At Ricotta & Marks, P.C., we stand up for what’s right, helping those who have been hurt by these unfair situations.