Our Blog Category: Employment Law

Work Life Balance: A Forgotten Concept?

by Andy Arnold | Jan 9, 2023 | Employment Law

Employee Burnout-Work-Life-Balance: Two years ago, a Goldman Sachs summer intern was found unconscious in the shower after working a grueling 72-hour shift at the company’s London office. Excessive sleep deprivation, caused by a pattern of all-nighters at the bank,... read more

United Settlement Pays $1 Million to Disabled Workers

by Andy Arnold | Jan 5, 2023 | EEOC

Revisited Blog Article of 2015 United Airlines Inc. has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a case with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) involving the rights of disabled workers. In the case, the EEOC alleged that United failed to provide suitable... read more

DOL: Most Independent Contractors Are Employees

by Andy Arnold | Aug 27, 2015 | Employment Law, Uncategorized

Employee or independent contractor? This issue has been a contentious one for years, with many saying employers frequently misclassify workers as independent contractors to avoid paying them full income and benefits. On July 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of... read more

It’s All Uber But The Shouting: Employee versus Independent Contractor (And Why It Even Matters)

by Andy Arnold | Jan 25, 2015 | Employment Law, FLSA, Overtime, Unpaid wages

Uber’s in the news yet again. This time, it’s Uber’s service in South Carolina that has spawned complications for the company. Since beginning service in this state in July 2014, Uber, a ridesharing company based in San Francisco, has continued to spread throughout... read more

True or FLSA: Employees Should Get Paid for All Hours Worked (Or, Integral and Indispensable Duties under the Fair Labor Standards Act)

by Andy Arnold | Oct 28, 2014 | Employment Law, FLSA, Guest Blogger, Unpaid wages

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a complex federal law, and it affects millions of workers every single day. In essence, the FLSA requires statutorily-defined employers to pay employees the minimum wage for all hours worked and to pay employees time and a half... read more

Perhaps Not-So-Savi: Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace

by Andy Arnold | Oct 22, 2014 | Employment Law, Practice of Law

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit last month against Savi Technology, Inc., alleging that the company rescinded its employment offer to Christine Rowe the day after Savi learned Ms. Rowe had recently given birth. According to the EEOC,... read more

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