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• IJ Must Consider Immigrant’s Ability To Pay When Setting The Bond

  discrimination

  NY law firm: Author: Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova An immigration bond is an amount an immigrant has to pay to be released from the immigration detention. The usual situation involving an immigration bond would unfold when asylum seekers I detai ...

• NYPL 220.31 Is Not An Aggravated Felony

  criminal law

  NY law firm: Author: Criminal Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova An aggravated felony is a term of art that caused many to be deported and forever barred to come back to the United States. It first was used by the Congress in 1988, and from that time ...

• My Activities As A Delegate Of The American Bar Association

  litigation

  NY law firm: Author: attorney Alena Shautsova Many of you have called my office this week and were not able to reach me as I was out of state. I have decided to include here a brief overview of my activities outside of the office, so you too can share ...

• My Boss Or Supervisor Is Treating Me Unfairly At Work, But I Do Not Have A Legal Immigration Status. What Can I Do?

  discrimination

  NY law firm: Author: Employment Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova It is unfortunate when people are taken advantage of by their superiors in America. It is even more unfortunate when they believe they must put up with this abuse because they are ...

• Sexual Harassment: When to Complain and the Consequences of Failure to Complain

  discrimination

  NY law firm: Author: Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova Sexual harassment in the workplace can be devastating, whether it is a supervisor asking you to go for drinks after work on multiple occasions, or in more serious cases the forcing of unwante ...

• Discovery in Employment Discrimination Cases

  discrimination

  NY law firm: Author: New York Employment Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova Majority of employment discrimination cases are filed in Federal courts, and hence the disclosure of the information by the both sides would be governed by the Federal Rul ...

• Undocumented Workers May Recover Unpaid Wages

  discrimination

  NY law firm: Author: New York Employment Attorney Alena Shautsova Thousands of US small and large business employ immigrants who the government calls “undocumented”. Those are men and women who earn their living and pay taxes but do not have a permit ...

• Discrimination At Work: Who Is A “supervisor”?

  discrimination

  NY law firm: Author: New York Employment Discrimination attorney Alena Shautsova Workplace discrimination is one of the most unpleasant and upsetting things that may happen to anyone. One may think that in 21 century most employers are aware of the con ...

• Age Discrimination: When to Complain?

  discrimination

  NY law firm: Author: Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova New York State and City laws, as well as Federal ADEA (“Age Discrimination Employment Act”) protect workers from age discrimination: it is illegal to subject employees to harassment, disparat ...

• Anthropologists Study the Prevalence of Sexual Harassment

  discrimination

  NY law firm: Author: Sexual Harassment Attorney Alena Shautsova Anthropology is the science that studies mankind in terms of physical and cultural development including biological characteristics, social customs and beliefs. As in many other scient ...