Unfair Tip Pool Deductions? How to Sue an Employer for Lost Tips in 2023 Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, tips are should be the property of the employees who earn them. However, sometimes wait staff, bus staff, and other employees who may receive part of a tip pool do not receive their fair share […]
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What Are Emotional Damages from Employment Discrimination and Can Lawyers Ask Courts to Compensate Employees for Anxiety or Other Distress in 2023? Being a working woman can be difficult, although it does not have to be. Unwanted advances, inappropriate comments or insults, and exclusion from chances for networking or promotions can take a real toll
Molloy to pay back students for going online amid pandemic About 5,000 Molloy University students who paid full tuition and fees before the COVID-19 pandemic forced classes online, will get an average partial reimbursement of $900 as part of the settlement of a class-action lawsuit. Patch.com Newsday.com Long Island News12 Â Request Free Consultation Please
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How Do You Fight Back Against Wage and Hour Violations in New York? Wage and hour violations are an overall concept that mainly covers unpaid overtime and unpaid minimum wage. The federal minimum wage has been only $7.25 an hour since 2009. High unemployment and eventually COVID-19 have been concerns that members of Congress have
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What Are Real Examples of Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace? Treating Pregnant Workers Worse Pregnancy is a status protected under federal law from discrimination. Treating pregnant persons worse than others may be sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In addition, it may violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Firing a
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Which Law Prohibits Employment Discrimination Based on Race or Background? Federal Law One of the main laws protecting anyone from discrimination based on race or their background is the Civil Rights Act of 1964-Title VII. It prohibits discrimination based on race or background, as well as color, religion, and sex. Any action that results in
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A California Federal Judge granted La Verne undergraduate students the right to pursue tuition and fee refunds for their breach of contract claims — and that a trial will be scheduled for August 2022. You can read a copy of the decision here: La Verne Class Certification Decision – 2-9-22. According to the Feb. 8,
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As reported by TopClassActions.com: “Syracuse University has been hit with another lawsuit by a student who alleges she was not refunded any of her tuition and fees for the spring 2020 semester despite all of her classes being moved online starting March 10, 2020. Plaintiff Shelby Poston filed the class action lawsuit against Syracuse University
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CLEVELAND, OH – Case Western Reserve Univ. is among the latest universities accused of retaining their students’ tuition and fees, even though the University was unable to provide all of the on-campus and in-person services that students paid for. According to a lawsuit filed in North District of Ohio on Oct. 14, 2020, Case Western
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New York (AUG. 11, 2020) — A luxury car dealer on Long Island’s Gold Coast is accused in a newly filed lawsuit of operating a “pervasive†scheme that deceived and defrauded countless owners of Mercedes, BMW, Lexus and Acura vehicles who used the dealer’s body shop for accident repairs. The suit, a purported class action,
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