Kerri Beatty Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on January 8, 2018 In the recent decision of Wang v. Hearst Corp., No. 16-3302 (2d Cir. 2017), the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of claims filed by five participants in the Hearst Corporation’s internship program claiming minimum wage violations under the Fair … Read more
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on January 6, 2018 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced a proposal to direct the New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) to schedule public hearings to examine industries and evaluate the possibility of eliminating wage tip credits in New York State. Currently, New York employers are permitted to pay tipped workers … Read more
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on December 28, 2017 As of March 1, 2018, E-Verify will be deleting transaction records that are over 10 years old which means employers won’t have access to E-Verify records that were created on or before Dec. 31, 2007. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has created a … Read more
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on December 12, 2017 In Chauca v. Abraham, No. 113 (November 20, 2017), the New York State Court of Appeals established a lowered threshold for punitive damages under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). In Chauca, an employee sued her former employer and two of her supervisors … Read more
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on November 10, 2017 On October 2, 2017, the United States Supreme Court heard a one-hour oral argument in three consolidated arbitration cases involving the National Labor Relations Act and the Federal Arbitration Act: Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, No. 16-285; National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA, No. 16-307; and Ernst … Read more
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on October 23, 2017 While many states have been moving towards placing more restrictions on noncompete agreements, in 2016 the state of Idaho took the opposite route and enacted legislation that made it easier for employers to enforce noncompete agreements. In fact, as The New York Times recently reported, … Read more