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Guidance on Credit Discrimination Law (in NYC)
October 21, 2015 Ali Law Group PCThe New York City Commission on Human Rights issued official guidance on the Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act (SCDEA)...Continue Reading →
Executive Order Establishes Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
September 29, 2015 Ali Law Group PC Medical LeaveOn September 7, 2015, President Obama signed an executive order requiring federal contractors to provide up to seven days of...Continue Reading →
For NYC Employers - Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act
September 28, 2015 Ali Law Group PC New York CityN.Y.C. Admin. Code §§ 8-102(29), 8-107(9)(d), (24); Local Law No. 37 (2015)
Effective September 3, 2015, the New York City...Continue Reading →
NYC Enacts “Ban the Box” Legislation
September 15, 2015 Ali Law Group PC New York CityThe “ban the box” movement involves restricting employers from asking about an applicant’s criminal background on a job application. It’s...Continue Reading →
McDonald’s Under Global Unionization Pressure
August 22, 2015 Ali Law Group PCThe union-led effort to raise wages for fast food workers in the US is now expanding into overseas markets. They...Continue Reading →
Bronx-Based Franchisee Charged with Wage Theft
August 2, 2015 Ali Law Group PC Fair Labor Standards ActNew York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and the U.S. Department Of Labor announced criminal charges against a Papa...Continue Reading →
Minimum Wage for NYC's Tipped Workers To Increase
July 20, 2015 Ali Law Group PC New York CityThis past February, Govenor Cuomo announced that all of the waiters, waitresses and others who work for tips in New...Continue Reading →
Uber Challenges Class Certification
July 20, 2015 Ali Law Group PC Independent ContractorsDrivers for Uber, the ride service, filed a class action lawsuit claiming they have been misclassified as independent contractors and...Continue Reading →
Are You Prepared for Changes To Overtime Exemptions?
July 20, 2015 Ali Law Group PC Federal The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has proposed regulations raising the minimum salary that must be paid to an employee in order for that employee to be considered exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Learn more in this post.Continue Reading →Pages
