Wage & Overtime

Last May, The New York Times published an article which was aptly named "The Price of Nice Nails." In it, the sordid details of what life is like for the thousands of immigrants who work at New York City's roughly 2,000 nail salons were described. The workers are...

In an Aug. 25 blog post, we discussed a scathing New York Times article that detailed the allegedly abusive and discriminatory culture at Amazon. More recently the company has been named in a lawsuit which was filed by four of Amazon's Prime Now service drivers who...

An employment rule change recently announced by President Obama is expected to expand eligibility for overtime pay to about 5 million salaried Americans. Currently, if your yearly salary is more than $23,660 and your employer has classified you as a manager or...

U.S. labor and employment laws exist to protect U.S. workers from suffering or being subjected to discrimination, harassment, wage theft and unsafe working conditions. However, in order to be afforded many of these protections, a worker must be classified as a full or...

The Employment Retirement Income Security Act, commonly called ERISA, sets standards for private sector pension and health care plans and establishes protections for employees who participate in the plans. Section 510 of ERISA specifically prohibits interference by...

Most people know that doctors and other salaried practitioners may be on-call to provide treatment or services. This kind of scheduling system makes sense for emergencies and other special situations, which could be addressed in an employment contract. On-call...

New York City law and New York State law provide specific protections for tipped workers, but many people who work in the restaurant industry are not fully aware of their rights. For example, did you know that if you're a server working for tips, your employer is not...

Good news for New York's 229,000 tipped workers: starting Dec. 31, the minimum wage for tipped workers will increase to $7.50 an hour. State law allows businesses to pay tipped workers less than the minimum hourly wage of $8.75 if the workers can make up the...

When you factor in inflation, the federal minimum wage is at its lowest in many years, yet some employers continue to cheat workers out of their minimum wage and fail to pay overtime. This kind of violation is more common than people may realize, and much more can be...

It's been a good month for those fighting the scourge of unpaid quote-unquote "internships," which are too often simply part-time or full-time jobs in disguise. First, NBCUniversal agreed to settle with a group of former unpaid interns for Saturday Night Live, who...