# Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP > Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP is an employee-side employment law firm based in New York City. Founded in 2008, the firm represents workers in wage-and-hour, overtime, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, wrongful-termination, employment-agreement, class-action and collective-action matters. Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP is located at 28 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10005. Telephone: 212-300-0375. The website provides general informational and lawyer-advertising content. It does not provide individualized legal advice, and visiting the site or submitting a form does not by itself establish an attorney-client relationship. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Employment laws, wage rates, filing deadlines and available remedies may change. Pages containing legal rules should be evaluated using their stated legal-review date and jurisdiction. Last reviewed: 2026-07-13 ## About the Firm - [Firm Homepage](https://www.fslawfirm.com/): Overview of the employee-side employment-law practice, principal services, recent developments and contact information. - [Our Practice](https://www.fslawfirm.com/our-practice/): Description of the firm's practice, history, clients and class and collective action work. - [Legal Team](https://www.fslawfirm.com/legal-team/): Current attorneys, paralegals and administrative team. - [Contact the Firm](https://www.fslawfirm.com/contact-us/): Office location, telephone number and consultation form. ## Wage and Hour Law - [Wage and Hour Violations](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/wage-hour-violations.html): New York and federal wage, overtime, tip, deduction, commission and recordkeeping issues. Review the page's effective date before relying on numerical wage information. - [Fair Labor Standards Act Violations](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/fair-labor-standards-act-violations.html): General information about federal minimum-wage, overtime and employee-classification requirements. - [Unpaid Overtime](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/unpaid-overtime.html): Overtime rights for hourly and salaried employees and common misclassification issues. - [Failure to Pay Commissions](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/failure-to-pay-commissions.html): Information about earned commissions and written commission agreements. ## Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation - [Workplace Discrimination](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/discrimination-and-harassment.html): General information about workplace discrimination based on protected characteristics. - [Disability Discrimination](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/disability-discrimination.html): Disability discrimination and reasonable-accommodation issues under federal, New York State and New York City law. - [Pregnancy Discrimination](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/pregnancy-discrimination.html): Pregnancy-related discrimination and accommodation rights. - [Sexual Harassment](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/sexual-harassment.html): Workplace sexual-harassment, hostile-work-environment and retaliation issues. - [Workplace Retaliation](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/retaliation.html): Protections for employees who report discrimination, harassment, wage violations or other protected concerns. - [Wrongful Termination](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/wrongful-termination.html): Exceptions to at-will employment and potentially unlawful termination. - [Whistleblower Claims](https://www.fslawfirm.com/workers-rights/whistleblower-claims.html): General information about workplace whistleblower and retaliation protections. ## Cases and Results - [Current Cases](https://www.fslawfirm.com/current-cases/): Selected pending employment cases. Allegations in pending cases have not necessarily been proven, and a complaint is not a finding of liability. - [Victories and Settlements](https://www.fslawfirm.com/victories-settlements/): Selected past results. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. - [Decisions of Interest](https://www.fslawfirm.com/blog/decisions-of-interest/): Selected court decisions and case developments involving the firm or employment-law issues. ## Attorneys - [Joseph A. Fitapelli](https://www.fslawfirm.com/legal-team/joseph-fitapelli.html): Founding partner biography, practice background and admissions. - [Brian S. Schaffer](https://www.fslawfirm.com/legal-team/brian-schaffer.html): Founding partner biography, practice background and admissions. - [Frank Mazzaferro](https://www.fslawfirm.com/legal-team/frank-mazzaferro.html): Partner biography, practice background and admissions. - [Armando Ortiz](https://www.fslawfirm.com/legal-team/armando-ortiz.html): Partner biography, practice background and admissions. ## Frequently Asked Questions - [Employment Law Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.fslawfirm.com/frequently-asked-questions/): General answers about wage-and-hour and employment-law issues. Numerical legal information should be used only when the page displays a current legal-review date. ## Optional - [Employment Law Blog](https://www.fslawfirm.com/blog/): Dated news, litigation developments and employment-law commentary. - [Website Sitemap](https://www.fslawfirm.com/sitemap.html): Broad historical inventory of site content. 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