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The survey found that 74% of the 189 employers that responded offer vehicle-related benefits.

Mark Goldstein, a partner on the New York labor and employment team at Reed Smith LLP, noted that the state often is at the forefront of new employment laws.

In many cases, these policies start with a baseline set of protections established in local or state laws, although employers often create a more expansive array of offerings for their workers.

The same contractual principle generally applies to employment relationships: if neither the employer nor the employee agreed that the employment relationship would last for a particular period of time — like a month, a year, etc. — then either the employer or employee can end that relationship without incurring any damages for not performing the contract going forward.

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For decades, employers have increasingly relied on a four-year college degree as a baseline qualifying credential for a job interview.

According to a post by law firm Fisher Phillips LLP, the “preponderance of the evidence”standard generally means there is a 51% chance the employer is correct in legal application, while the “clear and convincing evidence”standard generally translates to an 80% to 90% chance the employer is right.