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Holiday retail workers in New York face risk of injuries For retail workers, no time is busier than the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Retailers ramp up seasonal hiring to keep up with consumer demand. While they may enjoy the extra pay that comes with long hours, employees in the retail sector often work at…

The dangers faced by New York construction workers are staggering, with the death toll on the rise in recent years. In September, The New York Times reported that eight construction workers had died so far in 2017, and 12 workers died in 2016. But now the construction field faces a new level of peril that…

Crimes against Workers Database sends a strong message about safety Serious workplace accidents can sometimes result in criminal charges against an employer. For example, in 2015, a construction worker died on the job when an unsecured trench he was working in collapsed in the Meatpacking District of New York. The state prosecuted two companies and…

Nurses, on-the-job violence and workers’ compensation claims When people think of “dangerous jobs,” professions ranging from construction work and manufacturing are commonly cited alongside law enforcement, firefighting and other public service professions. But as many people working within New York’s health care industry may know all-too-well, nurses and other healthcare professionals working in hospitals are…

Criminal prosecution after a workplace injury is very rare. Prosecutors and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are frequently lacking in resources to conduct comprehensive investigations and impose criminal responsibility on companies or employers when workers get hurt. Further, proving the elements of a crime can also be very difficult, even when willful OSHA…

Workers in New York City and Long Island have the right to a safe workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) established guidelines for worker protection and enforces those guidelines by issuing citations to employers who violate safety rules.  OSHA citations may be issued as a result of periodic inspections identifying problems in the…

What Do I Do Now?! – Workers’ Comp and Other Mysteries WHAT IS AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE? Most of us know that Workers Compensation Law protects workers who become injured on the job. Under the law, workers can be compensated for accidental injuries, which often happen suddenly and traumatically at the work site. No big surprises there.…

Deidra Parrish-Williams, executive director of the NuHealth Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the NuHealth System, is pleased to announce that the NuHealth Foundation board of directors has welcomed three additional board members, Errol S. Kitt, Peter J. Klein and Jordan A. Ziegler, who have recently joined the board. “On behalf of board Chairman Paul Tonna,…

Victor Pasternack, Barbara Doblin Tilker, Robert L. Saminsky, Catherine M. Stanton, Edgar Romano and Jordan A. Ziegler have once again been named Super Lawyers for 2011 by SuperLawyers Magazine. Our attorneys comprise 100% of the attorneys honored for Workers’ Compensation in the New York Metro area. One of the state’s foremost workers’ compensation firms, Pasternack…

Victor Pasternack, Barbara Doblin Tilker, Robert L. Saminsky, Catherine M. Stanton, Edgar Romano and Jordan A. Ziegler have been named Super Lawyers for 2010 by SuperLawyers Magazine. Once again, our attorneys comprise 100% of the attorneys honored for Workers’ Compensation and Social Security in the New York Metro area. One of the state’s foremost workers’…