Last year marked a movement from San Francisco to New York for lower-paid employees in the retail and food service industries to rally together in protest of near-poverty minimum wage levels. The Gap store stunned employees by making a surprise announcement that it...
Month: February 2014
McDonald’s To Pay $50,000 to Settle Religion Discrimination Claim
by Kessler Matura P.C. | Feb 26, 2014 | Workplace Discrimination
McDonald's recently agreed to settle a religion-based employment discrimination suit, agreeing to pay $50,000 and provide other relief to a Muslim employee who wasn't allowed to grow a beard.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that...
Wrongful termination retrial approved for desperate housewife
by Kessler Matura P.C. | Feb 21, 2014 | Wrongful Termination
A group of attractive women, all neighbors on a beautiful street in Anytown, USA, gather together for coffee on a regular basis to gossip, analyze fashion trends, spy on other neighbors, and spend endless hours waxing philosophically about the solutions to many world...
Federal Minimum Wage Standards Are Set to Apply to Home Aides Come 2015
by Kessler Matura P.C. | Feb 20, 2014 | Wage And Hour Claims
A new regulation issued by the Obama Administration will extend minimum wage and overtime protections to home aides who care for disabled persons and older adults. Starting on January 1, 2015, all home aides will be covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
Conservative activist facing charges of wrongful termination
by Kessler Matura P.C. | Feb 19, 2014 | Wrongful Termination
The conservative activist and filmmaker James O'Keefe is no stranger to negative press. He was previously implicated in the 2009 Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now video scandal, related to Democratic support of the Affordable Health Care Act. Mr....
Weight Discrimination in the Workplace: An Evolving Scenario
by Kessler Matura P.C. | Feb 18, 2014 | Workplace Discrimination
Nothing, as the saying goes, is written in stone and that includes the law. For example, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. However, as society has evolved, other...
Disability discrimination in New York follows out-of-date law
by Kessler Matura P.C. | Feb 16, 2014 | Workplace Discrimination
New York is just one of the states in the country whose disabled workers are being subjected to unfair labor practices under an antiquated law that has not been updated to reflect the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.As New York and other major cities across...
City workers win hefty settlement in unfair pay practices
by Kessler Matura P.C. | Feb 14, 2014 | Wage And Hour Claims
When New Yorkers order pizza in the city, they may not be aware that their delivery person is depending on a tip for their service. While the minimum wage in New York is $8.00 an hour, the minimum wage for those earning tips is only $5.00. The employer is supposed to...
New York builders protest labor law protecting employee rights
by Kessler Matura P.C. | Feb 7, 2014 | Employee Rights
New York construction firms and building associations are protesting State Labor Law 240, also known as the scaffold law. They complain the law is not fair, and that the outcome of a negligent injury claim is already predetermined. However, the law is designed to...
Local Bronx union leader accused of sexual harassment
by Kessler Matura P.C. | Feb 5, 2014 | Sexual Harassment At Work
In response to a sexual harassment suit against her mass transit authority supervisor, a bus driver in the Bronx was given a temporary order of protection. A representative for the transportation union has stated the case is under investigation and that all employees...
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