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 [...]
Tricks of the Trade: New York City Acts to Stop Abusive Gig Work Practices
The New York City city council recently passed a milestone package of bills aimed at improving the working conditions and protecting the pay of food delivery gig workers. Mayor De [...]
Happy Labor Day – Coverage of New York’s Prevailing Wage Law Extended
Governor Kathy Hochul signed an important modification to the New York state prevailing wage laws on Labor Day, extending the law's coverage to thousands of building services workers. Prevailing wage [...]
The Prevailing Wage Is Required to be Paid in Hundreds of Jobs – Is Yours Covered?
The prevailing wage rules require that a special, higher, minimum wage be paid to workers on projects and in jobs that are funded with or benefit from government resources. Many [...]
What Time Do We Start Work Around Here?
It seems like a simple enough question. It's an important question, too, mainly because we start getting paid when work starts. That's when your time becomes the bosses'; when they [...]
The Retaliation Hall of Shame
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 retaliation remains, year after year, [...]
Wage Theft – A Bitter Dish, Served Nationwide
The hospitality business just doesn't get it, apparently. Despite years of legislation, enforcement by the US Department of Labor, private litigation, class actions, public approbation and shaming of violators - [...]
Frances Perkins – Scholar, Fighter, Public Servant
Today, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a behemoth, addressing a wide range of issues in the vast field of “labor.” From its founding in 1913 as an [...]
The Commission Game
Movie fans often mention Glengarry Glen Ross, the great David Mamet play and film, when seeking to illustrate the pressure, risk and, yes, unfairness, that permeates the world of commission [...]
Old Wine in New Bottles – Legal Update for Gig Workers
The gig economy is in the news again – this time with the US Department of Labor announcing new regulations concerning gig workers. The labor and employment laws governing gig [...]