Employees are entitled to compensation for all of the time that they are allowed to work, according to the Fair Labor Standards Act. New York workers should be familiar with what the Department of Labor's regulations states regarding compensation for employees for the...
People in New York who suspect that they are victims of pay discrimination might find the issues in a recent lawsuit brought forward by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to be familiar. Representing a woman who worked as a sales representative for a concrete...
Under both state and federal law, workers in New York are protected when they assert their rights to be paid for what they are owed. If they file a complaint with the state or federal government about not getting paid for hours that they have worked, employers are...
Some New York workers find that overtime rules can be confusing, and national lawmakers may continue the confusion as they work on legislation aimed at delaying the implementation of important changes. A modernization effort by the Department of Labor is aimed at...
Independent contractors in New York might start to enjoy increased protection based on a federal court ruling involving a dancer in a strip club. In that case, the dancer sued to be considered an employee rather than an independent contractor under the Fair Labor...
The past couple of posts discuss the new overtime pay rules that will soon go into effect in the U.S. Depending on your specific employment situation and your employer, the transition could be good news or bad news. Or it might not be of much impact to you at all.So...
Our previous employment law blog post began a discussion about how the upcoming overtime pay rule could change your income specifically. This post continues the conversation, which comes with warnings and the possibility of good news. As our past post warned in...
In some cases, a worker will take a job, put in their hours and deposit their paycheck without putting a whole lot of thorough thought behind the laws that govern their pay. Wage and hour laws can be confusing -- especially when they evolve over the course of one's...
There have been many changes regarding overtime pay in the United States recently. More workers are eligible for earning overtime pay. This should put employers in the position of more closely examining wage and hour laws within their companies. At least one...
The term wage and hour claims is thrown around on this blog. Having discussed such claims on here in the past, we thought it would be valuable to lay out some of the basic laws governing such cases.The Fair Labor Standards Act provides specific protections and rights...
