Tag Archives: wage violations

Woman Fired for Being Too “Hot”? New York Court to Decide

by Brian Mahany
One hit wonder Right Said Fred had a minor hit a few years ago with his song “I’m too  Sexy for My Shirt.”    Now a New York court now gets to decide if former Citibank banker Debrahlee Lorenzana was literally fired for being too sexy for her shirts.  According to her lawsuit,

Health Care Workers Frequently Denied Proper Pay (wage and hour claims skyrocket)

by Brian Mahany
In September, I discussed a recent government survey suggesting that each week, approximately 1.1 million workers in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York are cheated on their wages. (See “Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers”, Sep. 16, 2009) http://www.mahanyertl.com/mahanyertl/broken-laws-unprotected-workers/50/
That claim was buttressed by published reports this month indicating wage and hour claims filed under the

Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers

A recently completed government survey of workers in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles revealed that “employment and labor laws are regularly and systematically violated.”  The report found that in any week, approximately 1,100,000 workers in just those three cities were being cheated on their wages. Thats 10’s of millions of dollars in lost wages