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
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