Sexual harassment is far too common in American workplaces. This is despite the fact that national attention has been focused on the issue for the last several years. The ramifications of sexual harassment can be severe, too. In addition to the embarrassment and...
Kim, Lim & Partners Legal Blog
Common employer FLSA violations
The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in the 1930s to establish employment standards and ensure that workers are paid fairly. Unfortunately, FLSA law violations are all too common in the workplace. As a result of these violations, workers are not paid the wages they...
Poll: 25% of Black and Hispanic workers experience discrimination
Workplace discrimination in New York and New Jersey is a persistent problem. This continues despite greater attention paid to employment rights and more avenues to complain about mistreatment in the workplace. It may be beneficial for people who believe they are being...
Prohibited forms of racial discrimination in the workplace
State and federal laws protect New Jersey workers from many forms of discrimination when they are at work. At the federal level, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on a number of classifications, including race. There are many...
When Is A Toxic Workplace Discrimination?
Many workers have found themselves in the troubling scenario of being stuck in a job with a toxic work environment. Over the past year, those same workers may find that this scenario has been made worse by the challenging current job market. This current period is a...
New Jersey Wage Theft Act
As businesses have begun opening up again, there are new challenges to meeting payroll, managing a remote workforce and being able to weather future shuttering of business operations as the pandemic reaches its climax. It is important for employers to be aware of...
Whistleblowers and how retaliation impacts their employment
Across the nation and right here in New York, businesses are subject to many different state and federal rules and regulations. The law dictates how they must report their earnings, where they may dispose of their waste, and how they may hire and fire their employees....
How to tell if you are an employee, and thus may earn overtime
You may have worked overtime often over the time leading up to the 2020 holiday season, especially if you work in construction, at a factory or at a restaurant. However, were you properly paid for this extra work? Whether you can get to overtime pay may depend on...
Know your rights when race discrimination in the workplace occurs
After the year that has passed, there are many people in America who probably just feel lucky to have a job. While there are encouraging signs that the national economy may be returning to stability at an incremental pace, the employment market can be volatile in...
States’ overtime laws are broader than federal standards
Federal laws set standards that require employers to pay most workers overtime wages for any time worked over 40 hours a week. Generally speaking, employers have to pay 150% of a worker’s hourly wage for all overtime worked. New York and New Jersey also have their own...
