A couple of weeks ago President Obama announced that he would be amending a rule applicable to salary thresholds for overtime entitlement under the Fair Labor and Standards Act. The rule would raise the salary threshold below, which workers automatically qualify for time-and-a-half overtime wages to $50,440 a year from $23,660. This is clearly a …

Millions of Workers to See a Boost in Overtime Wages Read More »

In a blog post from March 2014, I discussed the pros and cons of filing a claim with the New York City Commission on Human Rights. That post focused on the election of remedies aspect of filing an employment discrimination claim and the potential risk of a Commission’s finding of no probable cause. This finding …

New “Sheriff” Coming to New York City Commission on Human Rights Read More »

In a very courageous push by New York State legislators and the Governor, New York has finally made a move to provide higher wages for the state’s lowest-paid workers. This new regulation will most benefits servers, which include, waiters, waitresses and others who work for tips, and will be soon be receiving a raise of …

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Jeffrey Risman of Risman & Risman, P.C. Selected to 2015 American Society of Legal Advocates Top 40 Under 40 Labor/Employment Lawyers in the State of New York