Undocumented Worker
In an important decision supporting the rights of undocumented workers for protection under the labor laws, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that undocumented aliens could recover overtime wages due to them under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The court, in
Lamonica v. Safe Hurricane Shutters, Inc., rejected the employer’s argument that two ...
In an important worker rights
decision, United States Magistrate Judge Ronald Ellis held that a worker at Da Ciro restaurant in New York did not have to return to New York from his home country of Ecuador to appear at a deposition ...
After an immigration crackdown on Chipotle restaurants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Monty Moran, the head of Chipotle restaurants, has become an advocate of immigration overhaul, according to a recent
article in the Wall Street Journal.
Chipotle Mexican Grill, the popular burrito restaurant ...
The immigration status of undocumented workers is irrelevant to claims of unpaid overtime and illegal pay practices, according to the recent
decision of Judge Paul Englemayer, a United States District Court Judge in New York.
In the case of
Solis v. Cindy’s Total Care, Inc., Judge Englemayer stated: “In this case, an employee’s immigration ...
The
Movement to End Wage Theft, a report on minimum wage and overtime violations nationwide, was released this month by the Discount Foundation. The report examines the wage theft movement and strategies that have ...
Judge Thomas E. Boyle, United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of New York last month denied an employer’s request to get discovery of the immigration status of workers who sued their employer for overtime and minimum wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).
Judge Boyle’s
decision in
Uto et al. v. Job Site Services, et ano,
Last week federal agents arrested 23 people on charges that they smuggled 70 people from China to work in Chinatown restaurants for below minimum wage.
The restaurant owners allegedly targeted undocumented immigrants ...
The New York State Department of Labor recently fined Charles B. Park, the owner of Green Café in Ithaca, New York, one million dollars for failure to pay his workers at both Green Café and his New York City deli minimum wages and overtime, ...
In light of Arizona’s new illegal-alien law and the nation-wide controversy surrounding it, it is important to be aware of the legal rights and remedies that are available to undocumented workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and other labor laws. Undocumented workers ...
In an important worker rights decision, United States Magistrate Judge Ronald Ellis held that a worker at Da Ciro restaurant in New York did not have to return to New York from his home country of Ecuador to appear at a deposition ...
The Movement to End Wage Theft, a report on minimum wage and overtime violations nationwide, was released this month by the Discount Foundation. The report examines the wage theft movement and strategies that have ...
