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South Brooklyn Legal Services - Employment/Unemployment Hotline
 
WHO WE ARE

South Brooklyn Legal Services provides free legal help in civil cases to low-income people living in western and southern Brooklyn.


The employment hotline gives advice, referral and representation to low income workers facing a range of problems including:

  • Loss of job
  • Obtaining unemployment insurance
  • Unpaid wages and/or overtime pay
  • Employment discrimination, including discrimination based on past criminal records (see our Re-Entry Project)
  • Family Medical Leave Act Claims
  • Other employment related issues

En Español

Servicios Legales del Sur de Brooklyn (Un programa de Servicios Legales de Nueva York) ofrece ayuda legal gratuita en casos civiles para personas de bajos ingresos que viven en el oeste y el sur de Brooklyn.

La línea directa de empleo ofrece consejo, referencias y representación a los trabajadores de bajos ingresos enfrentan una serie de problemas:

  • Perdida de trabajo
  • Obtención de seguro de desempleo
    Salarios no pagados y / o pago de las horas extraordinarias
  • La discriminación en el empleo, incluida la discriminación sobre la base de antecedentes penales (ver nuestro Proyecto Re-Entrada)
  • Reclamaciones de La Ley de Ausencia Familiar y Médica
  • Otras cuestiones relacionadas con el empleo
 
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HOW TO GET HELP
   To contact this group, CALL 718-237-5516
 
 Wednesday: 10am to 12noon
 
 
WHO WE SERVE
See below for an explanation of restrictions on who we can serve.
 
Area(s) Served:  Kings (Brooklyn)
Languages Spoken:  Spanish
Languages for which interpreters can be provided: Spanish interpretation available on site. All other languages are available through a telephone interpretation service. En Español Interpretación en español disponible en el sitio. Todos los idiomas están disponibles a través de un servicio de interpretación telefónica.
Wheelchair Accessible: Y
Access for the deaf: Relay services - 800-421-1220 (voice) and 800-662-1220 (TTY)
Income Guidelines: 
  Your family's income should be at or below 250.0% of the poverty level.
(Get more information about income guidelines.)
 
Other Requirements: For help, you must be:
  This program does not serve prisoners
 
 
TYPE OF HELP
This group provides the following types of services based on your legal needs and its resources:
 
  Full Legal Representation- Sometimes
  Brief Advice
  Other- Referrals

(Get more information about types of services.)
 
 
GENERAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Telephone:(718) 237-5500
Fax:(718) 855-0733
Web site:www.sbls.org
 
Last Updated: 10/24/11
 
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