Author Archive

McDonald’s is currently facing a lawsuit seeking class action status that alleges racial discrimination against Black franchises. This lawsuit was filed last week in Illinois. The leading plaintiffs are two brothers, James Byrd Jr. and Darrell Byrd, who run four McDonald’s franchises in the Nashville, Tennessee area and are seeking up to $4-5 million in damages per store.  The lawsuit is being filed on behalf of 186 other Black-owned franchises throughout the nation. Each individual franchise can choose whether or

Alarming changes in the SDNY EEOC

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, is tasked with investigating charges of discrimination against employers. The EEOC is currently extremely backlogged with cases. Recently, employment lawyers in New York have received a flurry of dismissals or non-action from southern district EEOC offices. This is due to a change in the way the EEOC processes cases that allows for them to be more easily transferred, without investigation, to other jurisdictions and agencies.

This policy

The Law Firm of Christopher Q. Davis announces that Rachel M. Haskell has made Partner.  This was not a hard decision.  Deciding what to have for breakfast was harder.  This is because Rachel is a terrific human being and an excellent lawyer.  She is respected and liked by our staff, other lawyers, and judges.  Who will replace Rachel as an Associate, you ask? Now that is a difficult decision.  Her shoes are impossible to fill.  So starting in October we

Wage theft is commonplace in the restaurant industry from fast-food to upscale eateries.  In fact, the Department of Labor’s estimated that 84% of restaurants had violated labor standards including wage and tip laws from 2010 to 2012. In recent years, countless food service workers have sued their employers for these violations.  For example, McDonald’s paid $26 million to settle wage theft accusations from its cooks and cashiers in California this past November. In 2017, TGI Friday’s paid $19 million and Blue

Check out our new office space! Employment lawyers in NYC. Free consult at workingsolutionsnyc.com!

United Capital Financial Advisers is being sued by a former employee who claims she experienced racial discrimination and retaliation at the firm.

Tracey Chung alleges that her supervisor would publicly humiliate and berate her, and constantly micromanage her work, according to a lawsuit filed last week in a Dallas, Texas federal court. Chung claims that she was singled out by this supervisor because she was the only Asian woman in the office and was viewed as an easy target.

Chung reported the behavior to the

Employers in China routinely ask female job candidates discriminatory questions on job applications, such as whether a woman is married or has children. Some companies even make female employees sign special agreements to not get pregnant for a certain amount of time. Although these practices are technically illegal in China, they are increasingly common. With China facing an aging crisis because of its previous one-child policy, there is a movement to stimulate a baby boom. Some argue that this movement

Listed above are just a few of the many differences between employees and independent contractors. Make sure you are in compliance by speaking with one of our top-rated employment attorneys today!

Recently, the highest federal appeals court in New York reviewed the age discrimination claim of a human resources worker of the Archdiocese of New York. The worker, Michael Franchino, who was 67 years old at the time of his firing, previously claimed at the trial level that he was a victim of age discrimination in the human resources department of the Archdiocese of New York after he endured years of age-related jokes made by his peers while management stood idly

The Law Office of Christopher Q. Davis filed an overtime lawsuit against Allied Universal on behalf of all hourly Airport Security Agents, Lead Airport Security Agents, Operations Assistants, and Supervisors at John F. Kennedy International Airport (“JFK”).  The lawsuit was originally filed in October 2017, and is now proceeding to discovery following an Initial Conference in the Eastern District of New York.

The lawsuit alleges that Allied Universal forced Security Agents, Operations Assistants and Supervisors to work “off-the-clock” before their scheduled