Many employees in New York work hard for their money in order to support their family month to month. While they are putting in long hours for low pay, they might not even realize that they may not be getting all the wages they deserve. It may only be months after...
Amazon has done some pretty interesting things in terms of speedy delivery. Customers have been able to receive packages within two days with Amazon Prime for the longest time. Now, Amazon Prime Now kicks things into high gear, delivering packages in two hours. While...
The president has requested that the Department of Labor issue new regulations on overtime, which will cost employers. Shockingly, that is the point. The dirty little secret of employment in the U.S. for the last 40 years is that employers have been given a...
Marketing. That is what a lot of the discussion concerning the minimum wage really is. This week, New York Governor Cuomo has come out in support of a $15 per hour minimum wage. This has come after years of campaigning by unions and other groups who argue that...
If you have been asked or allowed to work more than 40 hours in a week, then you may have been entitled to overtime pay.Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), qualifying workers must receive overtime pay of at least one and one-half times their regular rates of...
they were "interns" or employees for purposes of the exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In situations like those involved in the case, employers must pay "employees" for the work they perform, including overtime when applicable. The interns claimed...
There has been a great deal of litigation recently regarding unpaid interns around the nation and in New York. One of these cases led to a recent decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, where that court has fashioned a new test that can be used by the lower...
A few months ago, the hot topic in employment news was the McDonald's announcement regarding wage increases for its fast-food workers. The news was received with elation by thousands of workers across the country who had fought for months to raise wages in an industry...
You hear talk of the "new economy" or the "sharing economy," often touting the benefits and improvements of new jobs, new industries and new ways of doing old jobs. Companies like Uber are part of that new economy, but sometimes it seems that aside from a few...
In America, having you day in court is symbolic of one of the more fundamental rights we take for granted, that of being able to go to a impartial court and ask for redress of wrongs. But in many instances, the right is being eliminated under a legalistic concept of...
