A federal magistrate judge from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York awarded food delivery workers of New York’s famed Saigon Grill $4.6 Million in damages as a result of federal and New York State wage violations. The action was filed in 2007 by thirty-six…
Recently, two companies, J. Siebold Construction and Finklestein-Morgan, a real estate management firm, agreed to a $1.23 million settlement for violations of the New York overtime law. Apparently, construction workers performing services for the companies for the period October 2002 until August 2006 had not received time and a half…
The House of Representatives, reacting to congressional findings, has passed, 247- 178, the Paycheck Fairness Act– which aims to amend the Fair Labor and Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex. Reacting to…
This week, employees of “Cake Man,” a celebrity baker in Brooklyn, filed an overtime pay lawsuit in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The lawsuit claims that 15 employees are owed at least a half million dollars in overtime pay over a six year period.…
Effective July 24, 2008, the federal minimum wage increased from $5.85 per hour to $6.55 per hour. The federal minimum wage is still lower than the minimum wage required under New York law. New York requires that employers pay a minimum wage of $7.15. Accordingly, employees must still be paid…
On June 10, 2008, the New York State Court of Appeals resolved an issue over which lower New York courts were divided. According to New York’s highest court, individuals who serve in executive or “white collar” capacities are entitled to protection under some of the wage provisions of New York’s…