By Brent E. Pelton If you work as a construction flagger on government-funded projects in New York City, you are performing a dangerous and critical job. You are [...]
If you work on public construction projects in New York, you're entitled to more than just the minimum wage. You're owed a "prevailing wage," a rate set by law [...]
And what you should do about it If you work in construction on government-funded projects in New York, California and much of the United States, you are likely entitled [...]
Does My Work as a Technician Qualify Me to Earn Prevailing Wage in California? If you’re a technician in California working on public works projects — whether in HVAC, [...]
The New York City Comptroller's office has recently updated its prevailing wage schedules, introducing a separate category for flaggers for the first time. While the New York State Department [...]
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a transformative new rule that is set to redefine the landscape of overtime pay eligibility for millions of American workers. Effective [...]
According to estimates by the Economic Policy Institute, in the US, legally owed wages totaling over $15 billion are being stolen from minimum wage workers by their employers every [...]
Have you ever considered secretly recording inappropriate behavior or unlawful acts occurring at work but held back over uncertainty around the legal implications? While covert workplace taping raises complex [...]
On August 30, 2023, the United States Department of Labor proposed an update to federal wage and hour regulations. This new rule would expand the protections of the Fair Labor [...]
The work of paramedics and emergency medical technicians has never been easy. The COVID-19 pandemic and short-staffing have made this work downright brutal for thousands of these crucial frontline [...]
