Delaware County Employment Lawyers Discuss How to File Unpaid Overtime Claims

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that employees be paid overtime if they work more than 40 hours in a workweek. Overtime pay must be equal to at least time and one-half the employee’s regular pay rate. There is no limit imposed by the Act for the number of hours that any employee may [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2017/01/25/delaware-county-employment-lawyers-unpaid-overtime-claims/

Philadelphia Employment Discrimination Lawyers: Female Job Applicants and Weight Discrimination

A recent study conducted in Scotland indicates that a woman’s weight may determine whether or not she is hired. Researchers found that employers were more likely to hire women who weighed less than other equally qualified candidates. Previous studies have revealed that overweight and obese women are regularly subjects of employment discrimination; however, this study [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2017/01/20/female-job-applicants-weight-discrimination/

Philadelphia Health Care Lawyers: Hospitals’ Failure to Report Fatalities

In a recent report, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that 12 hospitals in the United States failed to comply with their requirement to report device-related patient fatalities to the devices’ manufacturers in a timely manner. Device manufacturers have a 30-day window to report the patient fatalities to the FDA, which may [ ] The post Philadelphia Health Care Lawyers: Hospitals’ Failure to Report Fatalities appeared first on Discrimlaw Healthcare.
http://www.healthcarelawfirm.net/2017/01/11/philadelphia-health-care-lawyers-hospitals-failure-fatalities/

Philadelphia Discrimination Lawyers: Jury Awards Former Casino Employee $340,000

A former Trump Marina employee has been awarded $340,000 by a jury in a disability discrimination lawsuit in New Jersey. After working for the Atlantic City Trump Marina casino for 25 years, the employee was forced to reapply for his job when the casino was bought by the Golden Nugget. Over 80 percent of Trump [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2017/01/18/jury-awards-former-casino-employee-340000/

Cherry Hill Sexual Harassment Lawyers: Why Can’t We Stop Sexual Harassment?

The law mandates that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) must investigate all federal harassment claims before they can go to court. Last year there were 13,000 sexual harassment claims filed – far more than claims for discrimination based on race or religion. Sixteen percent of the sexual harassment claims were filed by men. For [ ] The post Cherry Hill Sexual Harassment Lawyers: Why Can’t We Stop Sexual Harassment? appeared first on Discrimlaw NJ.
http://www.njdiscrimlaw.net/2017/01/18/cherry-hill-sexual-harassment-lawyers-cant-stop-sexual-harassment/

Philadelphia Employment Lawyers: Supreme Court to Decide on Legality of Class Action Bans in Employment Agreements

On Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether or not employers can legally enforce employment agreements that ban class action lawsuits by their employees. In a variety of workplaces and industries, workers nationwide come up against this issue when signing contracts that waive employee rights to filing class action lawsuits, which cover unpaid overtime, [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2017/01/17/supreme-court-class-action-employment-agreements/

Philadelphia Employment Lawyers: Racial Discrimination in the Workplace

In a survey conducted in September 2016 by the University of Chicago with the Associated Press (AP), millennials answered online questions regarding their race and employment issues. In this survey, 48 percent of African-Americans ages 18-30 stated they experienced discrimination while job searching or in their place of employment. This number is quite high compared [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2017/01/13/philadelphia-employment-lawyers-racial-discrimination/