Caregiver Protections in the News
Two interesting news items regarding caregivers have recently come to our attention. The US Department of Labor (DOL) announced an initiative focused on wage theft affecting healthcare workers. In a [...]
Prevailing Wage Regulations to Be Updated
The Davis-Bacon Act establishes a federal minimum wage to be paid to workers on projects benefiting from federal funds. Generally known as the “prevailing wage,” the United States Supreme Court described it [...]
Prevailing Wages for New York State Truck Drivers
Many factors make it tricky for New York truck and delivery drivers to determine what pay they are entitled to receive. We previously discussed a few of the challenges of driver [...]
Private Justice Takes A Step Back
“I’ll see YOU in court!” Whether in the modest halls of county small claims court or the walnut-paneled chambers of the federal district courts, in the United States, if you are [...]
Service With a Smile – and Several Complications – Gratuities, Tips, and Wage Theft
Failure to pay the tipped minimum wage is a part of the $50Billion problem of wage theft. This violation covers everything from minimum wage violations in the hospitality industry to unpaid commissions for sales and [...]
Are You “In The Red?”
Equal Pay Day is observed on March 15 this year - this is the day chosen to signify how much extra women must work in order to earn the same pay [...]
The Retaliation Hall of Shame, v. II
Every significant worker protection law, whether at the federal or state level, protects workers who complain about and witness illegal or unsafe working conditions. Yet, year after year, retaliation remains [...]
2022 Brings Minimum Wage Increases
From the fight to establish the first minimum wage law to today, there has always been resistance to the simple requirement that workers be paid a living wage for full-time work. The [...]
Anti-Retaliation Protections of New York’s Whistleblower Laws Expanded
“I see what you’re doing there …” Anti-Retaliation Protections of New York’s Whistleblower Laws Expanded Worker complaints of retaliation are the single-largest segment of employment discrimination claims in the United [...]
New York Acts to Curb Wage Theft in the Construction Industry
Wage theft costs American workers an estimated $15 billion to over $40 billion per year and continues to be one of the most troubling aspects of employment in the United [...]