Employment Law

New Federal Laws Protect Pregnant Workers and Nursing Mothers If you are a pregnant worker or nursing mother, you are now afforded additional protections in the workplace under federal law. [...]

Increased Penalties for Employers Committing Colorado Wage Theft  Colorado continues to lead the nation in protecting workers from wage theft and late payment of wages. Colorado recently enacted [...]

Are Oilfield Workers Being Cheated Out of Overtime Pay? Wage theft in the oilfield is rampant. Oilfield workers are the backbone of the energy industry, working long hours in tough conditions to [...]

Pursuing unpaid wage claims can be a daunting and overwhelming task for employees, especially if they are not sure where to turn for help. In many cases, employees may be tempted to file their [...]

Artificial Intelligence Hiring Biases in New York City Workers in New York City have a new way to fight hiring biases. Over the last decade and more, employers have been using artificial [...]

Workers have Class Action Rights  A class action lawsuit is a form of civil litigation where workers with similar grievances can join together and file one lawsuit instead of filing many separate [...]

Colorado Employees  Colorado law continues to protect workers’ rights by adding new laws to increase the legal protection afforded to Colorado employees. Colorado recently enacted what is called [...]

Workers paid a Piece Rate are Entitled to Overtime Pay Federal law requires employers to pay workers overtime for piecework. If you are paid by a piece rate (e.g. by the “piece” or [...]

FAQs and More Details on the New Mexico Paid Leave Act The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (the “DWS”) has issued some guidelines and information (hereinafter the [...]

Employees at Staffing Company are Entitled to Overtime Pay A staffing company in Philadelphia has agreed to a judgment requiring them to pay $9.3 million in back wages and overtime pay in [...]