Labor and Employment Arbitrator

A blog edited by Arbitrator Mitchell Rubinstein which is designed to inform employers, unions, individuals, and lawyers about my practice and about recent developments in the field of labor and employment law. Mitchell Rubinstein is a labor arbitrator and handles business and commercial arbitrations before FINRA.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

7th Circuit Holds That Cosmetology Students Are Not Employees Under The FLSA

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The Seventh Circuit Court recently held that cosmetology students are not employees. In Hollins v. Regency Corp . , ___ F.3d ___, No. 15-360...

Monday, June 26, 2017

Interesting Article on the "Gig Economy"

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As the title implies, Lazar, The Gig Economy: A Threat to Basic Employment Rights , NYLJ (May 1, 2017) (registration required), is an int...

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Major Law Firm Subject to Sex Discrimination Suit

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The New York Law Journal recently reported that a partner at a major law firm suit her firm for discrimination, here . A copy of the complai...

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Mitchell H. Rubinstein: Queens, New York, United States; Welcome. I am a labor and employment arbitrator as well as a mediator. I primarily handle labor-management disputes and employment law disputes. I act as a fact finder in collective bargaining matters and serve as a hearing officer in Civil Service law and other hearings. I also conduct impartial investigations on behalf of employers, unions and individuals. I have over thirty-years of experience practicing labor, employment, and education law in both the public and private sectors. I have represented hundreds of individual clients, labor unions and corporations. Additionally, I am a public arbitrator with FINRA. I also an adjunct professor of law New York Law School here I have taught classes on labor and employment law.

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