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A New York District Court judge recently denied Old Navy’s motion to dismiss a former employee’s late pay lawsuit. Jonelle Harris, a former sales representative, filed a class action lawsuit against the clothing retailer in 2021 and alleged that Old Navy prevented her from saving, investing, or using the wages she was owed because of the late paychecks she received. According to the complaint, “by paying Harris biweekly rather than weekly”, Old Navy “effectively denied her the timely payment of

Thousands of Wells Fargo employees are set to receive a settlement of $6.5 million in a class action suit against the bank. Simon vs. Wells Fargo Bank, a case in California federal court, was brought forth in 2019 by Caudley Simon, a former banker. Simon alleged that the bank violated employment law when they withheld mandatory meal breaks and rest periods from him and other employees at the company. However, Josephine Easton, another Wells Fargo employee who is suing the

A former in-house attorney sued his former employer for disability discrimination after they allegedly refused his requests to work remotely and fired him in 2020. Sol Goldman Investments (SGI), a real estate management company with both commercial and residential holdings in New York, was sued in 2021 by Jeffrey Goldman, who worked at the company for over twenty years. Following motions filed by SGI to dismiss the case, a Manhattan federal judge found in September that the real estate company

Earlier this month, The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ordered ExxonMobil Corp. to reinstate two whistleblowers who were fired from the oil company in 2020, after raising concerns about the company’s financial practices. The company was also ordered to pay their former employees over $800,000 in damages and back pay. According to the news release, a 2020 article published by the Wall Street Journal reported that ExxonMobil may have inflated their production estimates and reported value

New York City is considering the institution of a law that would strip the ability to sell food from fast-food companies that continually violate labor laws. The new bill was introduced in the New York City Council in August and comes after reports that numerous employers repeatedly violated the Fair Workweek Law passed in 2017. Among other protections, the Fair Workweek Law offered employees working in fast-food restaurants the right to a known and predictable schedule at least two weeks

In May 2021, the House passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a piece of legislation that aims to guarantee standardized workplace protections for pregnant workers. Currently, the bill has yet to pass the Senate, prompting calls from civil rights groups, such as the ACLU, to demand action from Congress. Given the health risks and vulnerabilities associated with working while pregnant, the Senate should take prompt action to ensure protections are in place to ensure future pregnancies can be healthy as

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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