Wage Hour Law

El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. quiere quitarle a usted y a otros asistentes de salud en el hogar el derecho federal al pago de horas extras y al salario mínimo. En los estados sin leyes salariales que protejan a los asistentes de salud en el hogar, eso significa que muchos asistentes perderán su…

Getman, Sweeney & Dunn has spent years litigating cases to recover backpay for home health aides. We were able to recover back wages because US Department of Labor (USDOL) regulations require home health aides to be paid overtime for hours worked over 40 in a week. Now, the current US Department of Labor wants to…

GSD attorney Karen Kithan Yau will be giving a know your rights presentation to community members this Saturday at 12:30PM at Brooklyn Public Library and again in Chinese at 2:00PM. The training will be held at the Sunset Park branch at 5108 4th Avenue in Brooklyn. Please see the below flyer for details. There will…

In response to the federal government’s ongoing attacks on immigrants and even its own citizens, Getman, Sweeney & Dunn is committed to justice and dignity for all workers. As a law firm dedicated to protecting all workers’ right to fair pay, we stand in solidarity with those who are courageously challenging the administration’s harmful and…

This Pride Month, let’s remember that LGBTQIA+ rights are workers’ rights. Both movements are rooted in shared struggles for dignity, equity, and justice. LGBTQIA+ people have been and are a critical part of the labor movement. In fact, some labor unions were among the first big groups to support LGBTQIA+ rights. And many LGBTQIA+ activists…

GSD has filed a lawsuit against Prime Protection Authority. The Named Plaintiff is a former armed security officer and brings this case against Prime Protection Authority, LLC (hereafter “Prime”) and Anthony Pierce (together “Defendants”). The lawsuit alleges that Prime violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by failing to pay the Named Plaintiff and…

On March 19, attorney Rebecca King spoke at an event at the Aspen Institute about “The Essential and Undervalued Work of Truckers.” She joined a group of industry experts who discussed the challenges truckers face and ideas for improving the industry.  A career in trucking at one time meant a path to the middle class,…

On March 11, 2025, a settlement notice was sent to a class of over 1,000 Data Control Officers and workers in similar positions who were employed by Sitemetric, LLC, misclassified as independent contractors, and denied proper overtime pay. The workers are represented by the wage and hour law firm Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC out…

For the past year-and-a-half, Getman, Sweeney & Dunn attorney Lesley Tse has served U.S. Department of Transportation Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF), working with industry experts on a year-long investigation into lease-purchase programs. The Task Force recently released their report, finding that, “The negative impacts of inequitable lease-purchase programs affect individual drivers (especially new drivers),…

After almost 20 years with GSD, Carolyn Mow has retired. Carolyn started as a paralegal and spent the last 8 years also serving as GSD’s HR and payroll coordinator, as well as a member of our management team. Fluent in English and Spanish, Carolyn was the point of contacts for hundreds of clients, including farm…