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Workplace problems are complicated. Getting started shouldn’t be.
Employment issues can affect your income, career, and peace of mind. Understanding your options and putting your concerns in writing can be an important first step.
DocDraft helps make that process easier.
Understand your situation
Explain what happened, review the issues involved, and organize the information relevant to your matter.
Prepare personalized documents
Get help drafting workplace correspondence, formal requests, and other employment-related documents.
Move forward with confidence
Understand the steps ahead and access additional attorney assistance when necessary.
What employment issue can we help you with?
Wrongful Termination
Organize the circumstances surrounding your termination and understand why the legal basis for the decision matters.
Unpaid Wages & Compensation
Prepare communications involving missing wages, unpaid commissions, bonuses, or other disputed compensation.
Severance Agreements
Understand important terms in a proposed severance agreement and prepare questions or requested changes.
Employment Contracts
Create or review documents involving compensation, job responsibilities, confidentiality, and employment terms.
Workplace Discrimination & Retaliation
Document your concerns, organize relevant events, and understand potential complaint processes.
Independent Contractor Disputes
Address disagreements involving contractor payments, work expectations, or contractual obligations.
How it works
Tell us about your workplace issue
Describe your employment situation, what happened, and the outcome you’re seeking.
Prepare your documents
DocDraft helps you organize the facts and draft documents relevant to your circumstances.
Understand your next steps
Review your paperwork, explore potential resolution options, and access attorney assistance when appropriate.
- Tell me what happened.
- My New York employer has not paid my last two paychecks.
- Which New York county is this in?
- Kings County
- What would you like this document to do?
- A written request with my work dates and the amount owed.
- Unpaid wages requestFirst draft ready to review
I am writing to request payment of wages for my last two pay periods, as detailed below.
Understanding employment law in New York
New York generally follows the employment-at-will doctrine, meaning employers and employees can often end an employment relationship without a specified reason.
However, federal and state laws prohibit certain forms of discrimination, retaliation, and other unlawful employment practices.
New York Labor Law Article 6 also sets requirements for paying wages, deductions, and pay notices. For example, an employer generally must notify a terminated employee in writing of the exact termination date and the date employee benefits end, no more than five working days after the termination.
Unpaid wage claims can be filed with the New York State Department of Labor's Division of Labor Standards, which generally does not accept claims for wages earned more than three years earlier. A court claim under the Labor Law generally must be brought within six years.
Different claims can involve different deadlines and legal standards.
DocDraft helps you organize your information and prepare relevant documents so you can make informed decisions about what comes next.
Bring your draft. Ask your questions.
Some questions call for more than paperwork. Explore document review and consultation options with a licensed attorney.
12. Security deposit. Landlord will refund the deposit, less deductions for damage beyond normal wear and tear1, with an itemized statement of any amount kept, within 14 days after Tenant vacates the premises.
Does carpet wear from two years of normal living count as damage?
18. Default. If rent is late, Landlord may start a nonpayment proceeding only after serving Tenant a written demand giving at least fourteen days' notice2 to pay the rent or surrender the premises.
Can my landlord just text me the rent demand, or must it be served another way?
Your questions, answered
Your next chapter starts with understanding your options.
Whether you’re addressing a workplace dispute or planning your next professional move, DocDraft can help you take a meaningful first step.
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