The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis reaffirmed the ability of employers to compel employees to sign away their right to sue in favor of binding arbitration. More specifically, the Court said that agreements to arbitrate employment disputes individually rather than on a class or collective basis are enforceable

One way that New York State law protects you from potential overtime and wage-hour violations is by requiring your employer to provide you with a wage statement, i.e., a pay stub. A wage statement must include basic information about the hours you worked during a given pay period, your regular and overtime

The Family and Medical Leave Act is the federal law that allows certain employees to take up to 12 workweeks of leave to attend to a serious health condition, either their own or that of an immediate family member. FMLA leave is unpaid, however, meaning that the employer does not

The minimum wage is not as simple as you might think, at least when it comes to service workers in businesses, like restaurants, where employees receive customer tips. Both the federal government and New York State allow employers to apply a “tip credit” against the minimum wage it must pay

The minimum wage is based on the total pay you receive in a given workweek. In other words, as long as your average pay rate for the hours you worked equals or exceeds the applicable New York State minimum wage, your employer is in compliance with the law. If your

Tipping has long been an integral part of American restaurant culture–so much so that a “tip credit” is built into the minimum wage laws. In New York City, for example, employers with 10 or fewer workers may apply a $3.00 per hour tip credit towards the minimum wage paid to food