Many people work in the “gig economy.” They drive for Uber or Lyft; they provide food delivery services for Postmates or Grubhub; they also deliver ...
When a plaintiff brings a representative action on behalf of a potential group of similarly situated individuals they most frequently do so as part of ...
A California state judge has ordered Uber and Lyft to reclassify their workers from independent contractors to employees. This would require the companies to provide ...
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) is federal law that requires an employee to have the ability to continue with their company-provided ...
Many employers require employees to sign arbitration agreements which require wage disputes to be brought in arbitration instead of in court. Typically, these agreements also ...
Many call center and customer service representatives are not paid correctly. These employees arrive at work before the start of their shift to allow time ...
Many workers are surprised to learn that federal law does not require employers to provide meal breaks. Although not required under federal law, the law ...
We recently wrote about how employers may not accurately track the hours worked by remote workers, particularly for employees thrust into the “work-from-home” role as ...
In recent weeks, Congress has passed paid leave laws for certain workers to address the COVID-19 pandemic. One notable law is the Families First Coronavirus ...
Over the past several years, particularly during surges in COVID and COVID-related illness and hospitalizations, our nations nurses are working longer hours than ever. Many ...
Many companies treat truck drivers and delivery drivers as independent contractors and do not pay them overtime wages. In recent years, courts have held that ...
Discrimination in the workplace does not always occur in the same way. While discrimination can come in more blatant forms: i.e. an employer chooses a ...
