Employment Law

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]