In New York City, workers are entitled to fair pay under federal, state, and local laws. Yet wage theft remains a major problem, from unpaid overtime to minimum wage violations. If your employer hasn’t paid you what you’re owed, you have legal options to fight back. Filing a wage and hour claim can help you […]
By:Amir Khafagy On Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced the indictment of Kendis Paul, 45, and his company KEP Construction LLC for stealing approximately $67,000 from 10 former immigrant workers. The indictment comes after the Worker’s Justice Project (WJP) first brought the case to light early last year. Since then, the WJP has assisted […]
By Janet Howard The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election has raised questions about the future of worker rights, union protections, and immigration policy. With the likely return of a Trump administration under Project 2025, the landscape for labor laws, union activities, and immigration enforcement will experience significant shifts. Given the previous Trump administration’s […]
By Rommel H. Ojeda, documentedny.com | Editorial credit: David A Litman / shutterstock.com Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement, or DALE, provides undocumented workers protection from deportation while the labor investigation is ongoing. In January 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a streamlined and expedited process to grant Deferred Action to workers who are […]
By DocumentedNy, Amir Khafagy | Editorial Credit: Erman Gunes / shutterstock.com NYC’s Consumer and Worker Protection Department is investigating DoorDash after immigrant workers allege the company owes them thousands in overdue wages. Beginning this year, the city implemented a historic minimum wage law for app-based delivery workers, raising wages from an average of $5.39 per hour before tips […]
Editorial Credit: Lev Radin /shutterstock.com 11 companies—including Chipotle, Uber, and Gucci—featured on the Comptroller’s first “Employer Wall of Shame” New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander unveiled his office’s Employer Violations Dashboard—a new tool that consolidates data from federal, state, and city enforcement agencies—identify employers who violated key labor laws across the […]