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Merrill Lynch recently settled a class action lawsuit from 51 employees who claimed to have never been paid overtime wages. The employees were responsible for reviewing broker emails. These compliance employees were allegedly misclassified as exempt from overtime. Therefore, they were never paid time and a half their usual rate when they worked any hours over 40. The employees were scheduled to work from 8:30 to 5:30, but they regularly worked longer hours and from home. Under the Fair Labor

Age discrimination occurs when an employee or job candidate is treated less favorably on the basis of his or her age. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) outlaws age discrimination in the workplace. The ADEA protects workers who are aged 40 or older. Age discrimination can still occur when the discriminator is also over the age of 40. With Baby Boomers getting older, this type of discrimination is becoming more common than ever. 1 out of 5 workers between

The U.S. Department of Labor has recently stated that live-in superintendents must earn overtime wages from their employers according to federal law. These employees are advised to keep personal records of all hours worked. Live-in superintendents should earn time and a half their usual rate of pay for any hours worked over 40 in a given workweek. 

Conflicting federal and state laws

There has been recent confusion on whether conflicting federal or state laws apply to live-in superintendents. Under New York’s state

Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Team ranks stock analysts annually. Many dismiss the ranking system as a popularity contest, but it has been known to make or break careers on Wall Street. 4,000 investment professionals are asked each year to rank their favorite equity analysts and research providers on Wall Street. A recent study analyzed whether there was gender bias and whether analysts were rewarded or penalized for their good looks. The findings reveal a pronounced gender bias based on beauty

The Washington State Civil Rights Initiative, first passed in 1998, outlaws racial preferences in public employment, contracting, and college admissions. At the time, the bill passed with 58% of the vote. People in Washington state now face a vote to roll back this law. The Democratic-controlled state legislature attempted to overturn the ban on preferential treatment. The new proposal allows for the following: “an individual’s race, sex, ethnicity, national origin, age, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability,

A jury awarded a former Walmart employee from Wisconsin $5.2 million in punitive and compensatory damages for a disability discrimination lawsuit. The case found that Walmart was in violation of federal law when it refused to reasonably accommodate the employee’s disabilities. This employee is deaf, visually impaired, and has an additional developmental disability. He worked as a cart pusher for 16 years.

New Walmart Manager Refuses to Accommodate Disability

The employee in question had his disabilities accommodated for the majority of the

The Labor Department announced last month that it will expand overtime pay eligibility to up to 1.3 million workers under a new rule. This new rule will go into effect on January 1st, 2020. Under the new rule, most salaried workers who earn less than about $35,500 per year will be eligible for overtime pay, which is time and a half their usual pay rate. The current overtime threshold is only about $23,700. This is the first increase in the

18 anonymous women have accused famous opera singer Placido Domingo of sexual harassment. 24 hours before the start of his latest performance at the Metropolitan Opera production of “Macbeth” in New York, he pulled out of the show. Many are suggesting that Placido Domingo’s career is effectively over because of these serious allegations against him. Both the MET and Domingo himself have since issued statements addressing his decision to step down from his role for the foreseeable future. 

Met Opera and

Angelina Pivarnick, a star on the reality TV show Jersey Shore, is suing the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). When she is not on TV, Pivarnick serves as an EMT for FDNY. Her aunt, who was also an EMT, inspired her to become one. Pivarnick claims that she experienced a hostile work environment while in this role due to interactions with two supervisors between 2017 and 2018. Both supervisors are lieutenants within FDNY’s EMT Bureau. The lawsuit states that

A new edition of Monopoly entitled “Ms. Monopoly” will pay female players more than men. The makers of the game are tackling the gender wage gap, which is the discrepancy between the average earnings of all men and women in the United States. As of 2019, women earn roughly 79 cents of every dollar that men earn in the United States. Ms. Monopoly is flipping this narrative, with the game’s box reading, “the first game where women make more than