Wage Hour Law
Honoring Frances Perkins
This week, President Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine, to honor the historic contributions of America’s first woman Cabinet Secretary and the longest-serving Secretary of Labor. Following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911, Perkins as appointed as the executive secretary of the citizen’s Committee on Safety by…
Read MoreTrump Judge Blocks Overtime Pay for 4 million Workers – Posted November 18, 2024
On November 15, a federal judge in Texas blocked a rule that would have expanded overtime pay to millions of salaried workers throughout the US. The Biden administration finalized the new rule, which would provide overtime pay to any worker making $58,656 per year or less, earlier this year. The new rule was set to…
Read MoreRemembering Lilly Ledbetter – posted October 16, 2024
On Monday, equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter passed away at the age of 86. Ms. Ledbetter worked as a supervisor at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company starting in 1979. After almost 20 years in that role, in 1998 she received an anonymous letter from a colleague that she had been underpaid compared with men in…
Read MoreWage Theft Lawsuit Filed Against Employers of 24-Hour Homecare Workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1, 2024 Contacts: Patrick Fowler, Communications Strategist, NCLEJ | fowler@nclej.org New York, NY – The National Center for Law and Economic Justice and Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC have filed a lawsuit against GreatCare Inc. (a homecare agency), CenterLight Health System, Inc., and one or more managed long-term care plans (MLTCs)…
Read MoreAndrea Russo retires – Posted May 7, 2024
After nearly 10 years with the firm, paralegal Andrea Russo has retired. After a long career as a veterinarian, Andrea began her second career as a paralegal at GSD. She has been the main point of contact for hundreds of clients, who have benefited from her dedication to both the work itself and to her…
Read MoreGSD welcomes attorney Whitney Flanagan to the team – Posted 4/29/2024
Getman, Sweeney & Dunn is excited to welcome attorney Whitney Flanagan to the firm! “I became a lawyer to fight for justice for regular people,” she says. “As a former public defender, it frustrated me that my clients faced criminal charges and jail time for petty theft while corporations received few penalties for committing millions…
Read MoreNew U.S. Department of Labor Overtime Rule – Posted April 26, 2024
This week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new overtime rule. Find answers to common questions below. What is the new U.S. DOL overtime rule? The new U.S. DOL rule raises the salary threshold for salaried employees. Currently, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, workers who are paid a salary less than $684…
Read MoreHappy Earth Day! – Posted April 22, 2024
Happy Earth Day! Environmental and labor protections are deeply intertwined, often forming the backbone of sustainable development frameworks worldwide. Even Earth Day itself may not have been possible without the labor movement. The first Earth Day was proposed in 1970 by Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, who presented his idea to the Industrial Union Department…
Read MoreModel Alliance Event – Posted October 20, 2023
On Thursday, November 9, 2023, GSD attorney Elisabeth Schiffbauer will be joining Model Alliance and Quinn Emmanuel for an event for current and aspiring models and content creators to learn how to navigate their agency representation contracts, what the real-life implications are for industry standard agreements, and how to join the efforts to forge a…
Read MoreNELA NY Presentation – Posted September 8, 2023
Attorney Karen Kithan Yau and data scientist Scott Workman presented at the National Employment Lawyers Association New York Fall Conference on Representing Employees at Fordham Law today. Karen and Scott led a Q&A session about the use of technology and data analysis throughout wage and hour lawsuits.
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