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Victory for Farmworkers in NY
Last week the NY Department of Labor finalized new overtime regulations for farmworkers that ensure overtime pay at the rate of time-and-one-half for all hours worked after 40 in a week. The prior regulation required overtime pay after 60 hours. The new regulation will be implemented slowly, with a reduction of the overtime threshold from…
Read MoreHome Health Aides may be due Back Pay
HAGA CLIC AQUI PARA ESPAÑOL Home health aides who work 24-hour shifts may be due unpaid overtime wages and other damages. Home Health Aides Are Due Minimum & Overtime Wages Home Health Aides employed by an agency to work in private homes perform essential work for our sick and elderly. And the job is really…
Read MoreSupreme Court Ruling on Day Rate
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court held that an oil rig worker who was paid a day rate to be non-exempt and thus entitled to overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This means that workers who are paid a day rate don’t meet the salary requirement for the executive exemption, regardless of how much…
Read MoreManagerial Misclassification
The NY Times recently highlighted a new trend in wage theft – misclassifying workers as managers, and then the employers claim the managerial exemption and deny workers overtime pay. “The extent to which employers game the overtime system was made starkly clear in January in a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic…
Read MoreDOL/DOT Trucking Initiative – Posted March 29, 2022
The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a new initiative in which the Department of Labor and the Department of Transportation are working together to address workforce challenges in the trucking industry, including high turnover rates, long hours away from home, time spent waiting–often unpaid–to load and unload at congested ports, warehouses, and distribution centers, and predatory…
Read MoreRemembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
On Friday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at 87. She was a champion of women’s rights and stood up for the American worker. Her legacy of scathing dissents – including the 2018 dissent in Lewis v. Epic Systems, a decision which has now left us with forced arbitrations – will be remembered…
Read MoreHistory of Labor Day
“We believe hard work nourishes the soul and should nourish the body and support the family as well. We believe every one of us has an equal claim to the prosperity of America. And that it’s our job to ensure a better life for the generations that come after us.”—John Sweeney, Former President of the…
Read MoreMisclassification – Posted August 4, 2020
Workers in many fields are misclassified as independent contractors, when by law, they are really employees who would be entitled to minimum wage, overtime at the rate of time and one half, and would be entitled to have the employer bear the cost of work related expenses. By misclassifying workers, employers deny their workers the…
Read MoreGig Economy Updates – Posted July 17, 2020
As workers throughout the country are laid off as a result of the coronavirus, they are increasingly turning to gig work to make ends meet. Companies like InstaCart and Postmates have seen a surge in new workers. Online platforms, like Fiverr and UpWork, which allow people in different industries to sell their skills, have also…
Read MoreCoronavirus Challenges for Workers
The coronavirus has presented a number of challenges to workers around the world. From temporary layoffs, to working from home, the workforce has had to adapt to keep everyone safe. But are employers playing fair, or are they using these extenuating circumstances to exploit workers? One of the potential violations we may see going forward…
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