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MSE Partner Douglas Steele Recognized as Syracuse Law Review’s “Alum of the Month”
Douglas Steele has been recognized as Syracuse Law Review's "Alum of the Month" for Oct. 2019 for his work during and after his time at Syracuse Law School, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1989.
October 29, 2019
Jury Rules in Favor of 2500 NYC EMT and Paramedics
NEW YORK, NY– A federal jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, 2,519 EMTs and Paramedics employed by the City of New York, in an action brought pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
October 25, 2019
Attorney Highlight: Nicole Faut
Nicole Faut’s ambition didn’t come from her years of education – in fact, the inverse is more true: her educational pursuit was a product of the ambition she already held within. Nicole grew up very poor with challenging family circumstances, but that didn’t stop her from becoming the first of her family to graduate from high school.
October 21, 2019
Objections Arise to the DOJ’s Minimal Overtime Pay Salary Threshold Increase
On Sept. 24, the DOJ finalized a plan to raise the white-collar overtime pay salary threshold from $23,660 to $35,568 going into effect on Jan. 1 2020. A 2004 change updated the job duties workers must perform to be considered exempt and raised the salary threshold to $23,660.
October 15, 2019
Sixth Circuit denies Amazon’s Petition to Revisit Security Screening Time Suit
Amazon’s petition to review the Sixth Circuit’s decision that the time the warehouse workers spend undergoing security checks is considered compensable work time was denied on Oct. 6.
October 11, 2019
MSE represents unpaid hurricane Irma workers whose plight was described in this NY Times article on October 6
MSE attorneys seek to recover unpaid wages for these hardworking people who performed rebuilding in the immediate aftermath of a hurricane. Somewere not paid anything let alone their promised wages.
October 10, 2019
DOL Minimally Raises White-Collar Overtime Pay Salary Threshold
Managers, assistant managers, supervisors, professionals, or administrators who are exempt from earning overtime pay might be able to earn overtime pay at the start of the new year if they still make less than $35,568 a year.
October 09, 2019
Will Aitchison interviews managing partner Gregory McGillivary for the Labor Relations Information System’s inaugural Premium Podcast
Greg McGillivary, attorney and managing partner at McGillivary Steele Elkin LLP, was the featured guest for the Labor Relations Information System's inaugural Premium Podcast, which you can access for free by clicking here.
September 27, 2019
MTA NYC Transit Makes Settlement Payments to Workers in Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit
On July 29, 2019, Metropolitan Transit Authority New York City Transit (MTA NYC Transit) paid $570,771.36 in settlement payments to 412 employees who alleged in a federal lawsuit that MTA NYC Transit failed to pay them the overtime pay required by federal law.
July 30, 2019
Air Traffic Controllers Collect $14,128,000 for Wrongful Payment of Credit Hours
Four thousand air traffic controllers were paid $14,128,000 in back-pay and liquidated damages on April 15, 2019, after judgment was entered against the federal government by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
July 08, 2019
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