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Category Archives: Wage And Hour/Overtime
New Jersey approves gradual minimum wage increase to $15/hour
Recently, the New Jersey Legislature approved gradually increasing the minimum wage for most workers to $15.00 an hour over the next five years. New Jersey already increased its minimum wage slightly on January 1, 2019 to $8.85 an hour. Most workers can expect to see…
Taxi and Limousine Commission to raise ride-hailing drivers’ pay
For Lyft, Uber, Gett/Juno, Via, and other ride-hailing drivers, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) just made a game-changing move. After a two-year union campaign, the Commission recently voted to increase the minimum pay that ride-hailing drivers receive and to require bonuses…
DOL issues guidance on proper classification of contractors
The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division recently issued a field assistance bulletin (FAB) entitled “Determining Whether Nurse or Caregiver Registries Are Employers of the Caregiver.” While the bulletin focuses on nurses and other caregivers, it provides valuable insight into the proper classification…
New York construction company indicted for wage theft, fraud
“Time and again, we’ve seen how wage theft is symptomatic of an overall disregard for workers’ well-being on work sites where companies regularly defraud their employees,” said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. in a press release. His office has just obtained an indictment against CRV…
Former chauffeur for Donald Trump sues for unpaid overtime
“In an utterly callous display of unwarranted privilege and entitlement and without even a minimal sense of noblesse oblige President Donald Trump has, through the defendant entities, exploited and denied significant wages to his own longstanding personal driver,” reads a recent complaint filed in New…
Appeals court: Postmates couriers are contractors, not employees
An appeals panel from the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department, has ruled that Postmates Inc. couriers are independent contractors rather than employees. The decision overturns a finding by the state Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that the delivery logistics company is legally…
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