When someone tries to get their foot in the door in the movie industry, it can be a rough start. The jobs available often involve long hours and very little pay. While this may be worth it for those who want to work in the industry, it’s also important to...
When a New Yorker is looking for work, the whole process can be extremely stressful, especially if you have been out of work for a while. As your need for a job becomes more and more crucial, you may end up feeling desperate to take any offer you get. While this makes...
The food industry is a difficult place to work. It is very competitive and at the upper end, such as expensive Manhattan restaurants, subject to the fickle tastes of dinners. While owners and famous chefs may struggle to win their place at the top, for many of...
Most employees hope that their employer, while not omni-benevolent, does not engage in business practices that could intentionally lead to their death. After all, "Working for us could get you killed" would hardly make a compelling recruitment...
Morgan Stanley adopted a dispute resolution program that it required employees to affirmatively opt-out of or become covered by the process. In addition, to this program being imposed on its employees, it contains troubling elements that negatively affect their...
One would hardly characterize the United States as "employee friendly." In spite to decades of worker protection laws being enacted, dating from the child labor laws of the early part of last century to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) in the 1990s, it...
Holidays in the U.S. tend to become commercial excuses for sales and holiday parties. The big three during the summer, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day have become three-day weekends used as an excuse to grill burgers and drink. Labor Day stands...
Employment law cases involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation or hostile work environment are always complex. Because there are at least two parts to any case. There are what are typically described as "the facts."The facts are the laundry list of everything...
Yelp is a website that publishes crowd-sourced reviews about local businesses. The company was recently sued by a class of “reviewers” who said that they should be paid for the content that they supplied to the website, pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards...
For much of the last century, to most workers in New York and in the U.S. as a whole, the perception of employment has implied a full-time job, with 40-hours of work and some level of benefits. In some respects, the American middle-class and the concept of the...
