COVID-19 and the New Face of Furlough
Furloughs are in the news, from Macy’s announcing a furlough of a “majority” of its 130,000 workforce, to United Airlines furloughing one-third of its workforce, to the USCIS announcing the [...]
Furloughs are in the news, from Macy’s announcing a furlough of a “majority” of its 130,000 workforce, to United Airlines furloughing one-third of its workforce, to the USCIS announcing the [...]
When summer approaches, students and many other workers search for seasonal employment. Federal and state laws contain special consideration for seasonal work, employment of minors, and internships that may [...]
In many industries, it is common practice for employers to ask job candidates about their salary history. The logic of these questions is often to get a sense of [...]
At Pelton Graham, we have seen many instances where workers are required to sign pages and pages of paperwork full of dense legal language without any explanation of what [...]
You may already know that you have certain rights on the job to be free from unlawful discrimination, to be paid minimum wage and overtime if you work in [...]
Employees must be paid for work they perform. It seems pretty simple, but in employment law there are always complicated situations and circumstances that cannot be decided by bright-line [...]
By far the most common questions our firm receives involve discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Many people believe that discrimination, harassment and retaliation in the workplace are simply and wholly [...]
As we have discussed in previous posts, two of the biggest trends in employment law these days are FLSA lawsuits for minimum wage and overtime filed by cheerleaders and interns. [...]
Well-established business, like FedEx, and newcomers, like Uber and Lyft—both start-up companies that allow customers to hail a car from their phones instead of hoping to find a cab or [...]
Under New York Law (NYLL § 196-d), employers are not allowed to keep any portion of employees’ tips, except for credit card charges, which are typically an extremely small [...]