New York Federal Court Overturns Rules Limiting COVID-19 Paid Leave
On August 3, 2020, a judge in the Southern District of New York overturned several provisions of the US Department of Labor’s Final Rule that interprets the Families First [...]
Strengthening New York State’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Protections
There are federal and state laws that offer some protections against discrimination and harassment, but if you have ever faced these unfortunate situations, you may know that there are [...]
Commute Compensation: When Your Employer Must Pay for Your Commute (and When They Don’t)
The rule is straightforward: commuting to and from work is usually not compensable, but traveling during the work day must be paid. But this can be complicated by many [...]
Waiting for Healthy Workplaces
If you have ever been bullied in the workplace, you know the damage it can cause: stress, feelings of shame and humiliation, loss of sleep and appetite, anxiety and [...]
Flagging Proper Pay for New York Construction Flaggers
This is an issue near and dear to us at Pelton Graham, as we have long advocated for construction flaggers to receive prevailing wages. Our clients work near dangerous [...]
Update on COVID-19 and Safety in the Workplace
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted every aspect of American life; the workplace has in no way been spared. Consider the explosion in unemployment, the ravages that swept and continue to [...]
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 [...]
Hot Topic: Summer Jobs
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 the News: Salary History Inquiries
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 [...]
Hot Topic: Forced Arbitration
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 [...]