There’s no doubt that employment law can be a challenging field, whether it’s the insidious expansion of employers’ powers to impose coercive arbitration provisions upon employees or the ever-increasing [...]
At Pelton Graham we’ve had a busy spring so far, and we have several new cases to show for it! This is just a sampling of the wide range of [...]
In recent years, hard-working and underpaid young people are rising up to assert their rights as employees. Whether as interns, research assistants or athletes, students work long hours making [...]
Employment law is a busy and exciting field. There are new developments every day as laws are enacted, cases are decided and policy is debated. Here are some recent [...]
Although the various federal, state and local laws regarding discrimination can be complex, the fundamental idea behind them is simple: individuals should be judged on the basis of their [...]
In the past few years, interns at major entertainment companies have filed lawsuits against their employers for wages they should have earned for work performed during unpaid internships. Although [...]
In President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address, the president made clear that raising the federal minimum wage is a priority for his administration. Currently pending in Congress [...]
In this case, involving racial discrimination, a hostile work environment and ultimately termination, the Second Circuit affirmed the right to intimate association free of racial discrimination. The Plaintiff, Mr. [...]
In 2009, Meng-Lin Liu, a compliance officer of Siemans China, began raising concerns that the company was engaging in corrupt practices related to the sale of medical equipment to [...]
