WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law

Is your schedule at work unpredictable? Do your shifts ever get changed at the last minute with little notice?  If so, seek legal assistance from the employment lawyers at the Law Office of Christopher Q. Davis, located in New York City and in Livingston, New Jersey. Fair Workweek Laws protect employees against schedule changes that are made without required notice. Contact us today at (646) 430-7930 to schedule a free case evaluation and receive experienced legal counsel.

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In August 2022, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake issued a decision that reinforced the protection of LGBTQ+ rights from sex-based discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Doe v. Catholic Relief Services arose when Catholic Relief Services, a religious non-profit organization that focuses on humanitarian aid, refused to provide insurance coverage due to the employee’s same-sex marriage. John Doe sued CRS for discriminating against him and his husband on the basis of their sexual orientation. Judge Blake

August 5, 2022 – New York, NY. Working Solutions NYC, a team of employment attorneys working on severance, FMLA, and unpaid wages issues in New York and New Jersey is announcing a class action against grocery delivery service firm, Getir, for failing to pay packers and other in-store personnel for worked lunch breaks and necessary pre-shift work, among other violations.

Are you facing discrimination based on your sex in your workplace? If so, contact the employment lawyers at the Law Office of Christopher Q. Davis for legal assistance, located in New York City and in Livingston, New Jersey. You can call us today at (646) 970-9482 to schedule a free case evaluation and receive experienced legal counsel.

Our employment lawyers specialize in many areas of the law, including workplace discrimination, FMLA, and unpaid wages and overtime. Whatever your employment issue is, please reach

During its annual shareholder meeting, Tesla shut down several investor proposals aimed at improving an allegedly “toxic” work culture grounded in discrimination and harassment. Preliminary results from the meeting indicate that of the eight investor resolutions on the agenda, only one will survive opposition from Tesla. Three of the aborted resolutions sought to reduce racial and gender discrimination in the workplace while making Tesla’s board of directors more diverse. The sole surviving resolution is less radical; it will enable large

Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand delivered a decision that found a home care agency and a staffing firm guilty of collaborating to withhold overtime wages. The suit, which was filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2019, accused Elder Resource Management Inc. and Staff Source Inc. of dividing their workers’ hours between each other to circumvent their payment responsibilities, which is outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to a Law360 article, Judge Wiegand

Have you experienced sexual harassment in the workplace? If so, seek legal assistance from the employment lawyers at the Law Office of Christopher Q. Davis, located in New York City and in Livingston, New Jersey. Contact us today at (646) 430-7930 to schedule a free case evaluation and receive experienced legal counsel. 

Our employment lawyers specialize in many areas of the law, including FMLA and unpaid wages and overtime. Whatever your employment issue is, please reach out for a consultation today.

Honda worker, Brandon Whatley, has filed a class action lawsuit against the automaker for unpaid overtime wages. Whatley claims that he did not receive overtime compensation after a cyberattack on workforce management company, Kronos, impacted Honda’s timekeeping system. According to an article on Law360, Whatley seeks to represent all former and current nonexempt employees in Alabama who worked at the company between the occurrence of the cyberattack on December 11 to the time Honda resumed normal timekeeping using Kronos software. 

Allegations

When employees work more than 40 hours in a week, they are entitled to time and a half pay for overtime wages. This is a law recognized under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which protects workers from exploitative labor practices of history. The FLSA establishes a federal minimum wage, ensures sick leave, and sets child labor standards amongst other legal rights for workers. It is one of the most influential pieces of legislation affecting employee compensation in the country. 

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