The owners of Colony Diner in East Meadow, New York were sentenced on November 14 to pay $338,000 plus $64,000 in fines and back taxes for intentionally underpaying their employees.The U.S. Department of Labor began investigating the diner in late 2010. Based on...
New York State has a new minimum wage law on the horizon, and it has been a long time coming. The new law, slated to take effect at the end of 2013, will see an increase from $7.25 to $8.00, then set to increase again in 2014 and in 2015. This will affect the work...
Three former aides of an upstate New York assemblyman have filed complaints of sexual harassment, accusing him of inappropriate sexual behavior and use of sexually explicit comments in their presence. They state he wanted to seek the services of local massage parlors...
A lawsuit has been filed against AMC network by Frank Darabont, a key player in the production of a popular television series, "The Walking Dead." Darabont is filing due to wrongful termination and failure to receive executive producer profits. If you have seen it,...
A recent movie, Anchorman, makes fun of sexual harassment on the job, but as some reports indicate, the Hollywood comedy contains a grain of truth. Female journalists face a unique set of challenges in the media, and new studies suggest they are subject to dangerous...
Microsoft has recently announced that its human resources department is getting rid of its "stack ranking" method of reviewing employees. This system was very unpopular amongst its employees and management.The "stack ranking" system - also known as a "vitality curve"...
Corporate America is raising the rainbow flag and opening the door to tolerance when it comes to lending support for gay and transgender employee benefits. Less than a year after the United States Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, gay...
New York State Attorney General Eric. T. Schneiderman along with officials from the New York State Department of Labor and the United States Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division signed memoranda in late November vowing to better protect the rights of employees...
The management of a taco catering truck has two weeks to respond to a lawsuit claiming one of their workers was overworked and underpaid. The worker alleges he typically worked more than 70 hours a week with no overtime pay and that his employers is in violation of...
The U.S. Senate recently passed legislation that would ban discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The measure, known as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), passed on a vote of 61-30.Current federal law prohibits...
