Blog Posts in August, 2012

The United States Court of Appeals has upheld a $3.5 million punitive damage award against Chrysler motor company. In May v. Chrysler Grp. LLC , a Cuban Jewish pipefitter filed a lawsuit asserted that ...

Workers can bring cases based on sex and disability discrimination for a variety of reasons. Although in some situations the discrimination may be obvious such as firing an employee for turning down ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) prohibits discrimination against “qualified individuals with a disability” concerning the terms ...

This year there’s been an ongoing debate in Congress concerning raising the federal minimum wage. The current federal minimum wage is just $7.25/hour with the minimum cash wage for tipped workers ...

A recent case out of Las Vegas places the tip sharing policies of some high profile casinos under intense scrutiny. At issue – a tip sharing policy that requires Las Vegas Strip casino workers to ...

News reports that overtime complaints – claims filed by workers based on violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) – have hit record numbers. Pursuant to the FLSA, non-exempt workers are ...