New York Paralegal Blog

Quiet quitting is a term that has gained a lot of attention recently, and it might be happening in your workplace without you even realizing it. But what exactly is it? Simply put, quiet quitting is when an employee scales back their work to do only what they are paid for—nothing more, nothing less. It's not about being lazy or unproductive. Instead, it’s a conscious decision to give a company exactly what a person feels they are being compensated for. This means saying no to extra tasks, not responding to emails after hours, and generally refusing to go "above and beyond" the job description. The Domino Effect of Quiet Quitting Quiet quitting can be more than just a personal choice; it can also be contagious. Employees who embrace this mindset sometimes encourage their coworkers to do the same. This can lead to a domino effect where multiple team members start to pull back on their effort, creating a ripple effect across the organization. In some cases, this ...

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it received 99,412 private sector workplace discrimination charges during fiscal year 2012, down slightly from the previous year.

Since 1986, NALA has conducted nationwide utilization and compensation surveys every two years. A portion of the survey looks at the duties and responsibilities of paralegals and later surveys have included a section used by the Certifying Board which presents the major areas of the Certified Paralegal examination and topics included within those areas. Respondents are asked to rate the importance of each skill/knowledge to their work and frequency of use of the skill/knowledge in their day to day work environment. The job task analysis study is conducted to: Validate, and update as needed, the Certified Paralegal examination content specifications. Ensure that NALA has current information about the roles and responsibilities of paralegals. The survey was conducted by NALA in consultation with psychometric consultant Dr. Kurt Kraiger, Colorado State University, and Janice Moore, CEO, SeaCrest Consulting Company, LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina. Click here to download a copy of...

A U.S. district court has halted a phony job placement operation that allegedly stole money from job seekers by promising them full-time work, with benefits, that never materialized, the Federal Trade Commission announced today. The court shut down the job placement operation until a hearing on a preliminary injunction can be held, and froze its assets. According to a complaint filed by the FTC, the scam took out ads in local newspapers around the United States. The ads urged job seekers to call an 800 number, where they got a pitch from telemarketers urging them to provide information about their work histories and to pay a placement fee that ranged from $89 to $195. The FTC complaint charges that the defendants misled consumers by guaranteeing that they would land jobs making at least $25,000 a year if they paid the placement fee and provided the work history information. Consumers who did this did not get the promised jobs, however. Their repeated efforts to follow up with the d...