2nd Circuit Reinstates Suit Alleging Improper Discharge Due To Candidacy

Mealey's (November 9, 2022, 3:08 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A reasonable jury could find that a bank forced an employee to choose between his job and running for a state assembly seat in violation of New York labor law, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, vacating a trial court’s summary judgment ruling for the bank after determining that the employee chose to resign....