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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Happy New Year to All Workers – In July!
Laws are enacted and changed by state and local legislatures throughout the year, but they typically go into effect on either January 1 or July 1. From requiring hazard pay [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Common Wage Theft Practices with Minimum Wage
Everyone knows the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, so what’s the issue? In fact, there are a lot of issues. The minimum wage laws are actually a confusing patchwork [...]
Are You Being Paid A Legal Wage? Learn More About Prevailing Wage.
Let’s say you’re working at a job that you were happy to take, and you are making well above the minimum wage. You’re paid on time, the checks clear, so [...]