Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits sexual harassment in employment. In 1998, the United States Supreme Court held in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Servs., Inc. that sexual harassment also included same-sex harassment and violated Title VII. Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second…
Earlier this month, on March 5, 2013, a bill was introduced to increase the federal minimum wage from the current hourly rate of $7.25 to $10.10. According to the proposed Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 (S.460, H.R. 1010), the minimum wage would increase by .95 each year for three…
Last week, on March 4, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (which covers New York, Connecticut and Vermont), reaffirmed the importance for an employer to conduct a fact-specific analysis in considering requests for reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In McMillan v.…
On March 4, 2013, AMC Entertainment Inc. was named a defendant in an overtime lawsuit, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York Labor Law. The complaint, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that AMC…