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Gig 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…
Read MoreHome Health Aides during Covid
Home health aides are some of the many healthcare providers who have been hard-hit during the Covid-19 pandemic. Home health aides (HHAs) provide care for the elderly and infirm, working up to 24 hours in a shift, usually earning only the minimum wage. And HHAs in New York typically aren’t paid for the full 24…
Read MoreNY EMPIRE Act – Posted January 29, 2020
Yesterday, workers and lawmakers gathered in Albany to show support for New York’s EMPIRE Act. The “Empowering People in Rights Enforcement Worker Protection Act” was introduced as a bill to protect workers from wage theft. Corporations and employers use forced arbitration agreements to compel workers to waive their right to be heard by a judge…
Read MorePostmates Arbitration – posted January 15, 2020
Employers fight hard to enforce their arbitration provisions, until they realize it’s not really what they want. Over 5,200 people filed individual arbitrations against Postmates pursuant to their arbitration agreement that Postmates created. Just to cover the initial filing fees for the cases to begin would cost Postmates over $13 million, so it has now…
Read MoreAddressing Retaliation Concerns – Posted June 19, 2019
One of the most common questions we hear from people who want to bring a case or join an existing case is “can my employer come after me?” Section 15(a)(3) of the FLSA states that it is a violation for any person to “discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed…
Read MoreNew California Bill Poses Challenges to Gig Economy
California is on its way to passing a law that would more or less eliminate independent contractors, presenting a potentially major blow to the gig economy. In May 2018, the California Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in the Dynamex Operations West Inc. v Superior Court of Los Angeles case, finding that most workers are,…
Read MoreForced Arbitration – New Supreme Court Decision – posted May 10, 2019
The issue of forced arbitration continues to be a hot topic. In a recent decision in the Lamps Plus v. Varela case, the Supreme Court Ruled that under the Federal Arbitration Act, an ambiguous agreement cannot be interpreted to mean that the parties agreed to class arbitration. So what does this mean? Before this ruling,…
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