Wage Hour Law

GSD attorney Anamaria Segura spoke with Capital & Main about the Trump administration’s ongoing attack on home health aides. Millions of workers throughout the country – primarily Black and Latina women – could lose their right to the minimum wage. You can read the full article here: Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections…

GOP Leaders of U.S. States* asked the Supreme Court to gut the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action certification standard, and to try to prevent workers from joining together to hold their employers accountable for wage and hour violations.   Both class and collective action cases typically begin the same way – with one worker, or a few workers, filing on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated…

September 2, 2025 Uploaded to: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/WHD-2025-0001 Daniel Navarrete Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation Wage and Hour Division U.S. Department of Labor Room S-3502 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20210 Comments on RIN 1235-AA51: Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service. Dear Mr. Navarrete: Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC (“GSD”) opposes…

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,…