Stella Orton Home Health Care Workers Overtime Class Action
A groundbreaking wage and hour class action seeking overtime wages for more than 1,200 home health care workers. This class action alleges that Stella Orton—a company that places home health aides and other health care [...]
Wage Theft Protection Action Amendment Passed in New York
Last weeks, New York state assembly passed a bill that amends certain sections of the Wage Theft Act enacted in 2010. Most of the provisions are pro-employee. In fact, the purpose of the bill according [...]
Who is entitled to overtime pay?
Presently, under the Federal Law, workers are entitled to overtime pay after 40 hours of work in a week, unless they fall into one of many exceptions, which are interpreted narrowly. The exceptions are numerous, [...]
If employer violates the law, what should I do?
Generally, people want to do the right thing. There is little doubt about what you should do if you work at a baby formula factory and the employer dilutes baby food with rat poison. However, [...]
Employer contesting unemployment benefits.
After you fill out your application for unemployment benefits, the Labor Department sends a letter to your former employer, where the employer needs to verify a few items. Most of the items, such as the [...]
The deadline is looming on your unpaid wages.
Here you are: your employer did not pay you or paid you less than you earned. How quickly should you react? Under the federal law, you have 2 years to sue your employer. You will [...]
Illegal aliens HAVE rights under the U.S. employment laws.
We get many questions about the level of protection that illegal aliens, or more broadly, people without work authorization in the United States, get under the law. In general, illegal aliens do not get the [...]
How to recover your wages from an insolvent corporation.
In New York, small businesses open and close all the time. These small businesses provide opportunity for workers to gain employment and make a living. The problems begin when a small business is struggling and [...]
Can they really fire me for no reason if I am an at-will employee?
While we see the at-will wording became now standard in virtually any contract and employee handbook of our clients, in some instances, there still could be a way out of this catch-all “reason” for termination. [...]