• posted: Sep. 18, 2023
• Orin Kurtz

Just before Labor Day, the federal department of labor issued a proposed rule that would increase the salary threshold for classifying an employee as exempt from the overtime requirements of Read More

• posted: Sep. 13, 2023
• Orin Kurtz

In Perry et al. v. City of New York, the Second Circuit upheld a $17.7 million jury verdict in favor of a collective of workers regarding off-the-clock work under the Read More

• posted: Sep. 11, 2023
• Orin Kurtz

September 8, 2023--Orin Kurtz, founder of the Employment Division of Gardy & Notis, spoke at the fall conference for NELA/NY, an organization of lawyers protecting the rights of employees.  Orin gave Read More

• posted: Mar. 09, 2023
• Orin Kurtz

On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made a ruling in McLaren Macomb that reversed its standing on labor law rights and severance agreements. This most recent decision Read More

• posted: Feb. 08, 2023
• Orin Kurtz

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a proposed rule that clarifies who is an employer or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The new rule could Read More

• posted: Jan. 06, 2023
• Orin Kurtz

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed rule that would ban employers from imposing noncompete agreements on their employees. Noncompetes are already disfavored in many states, and there Read More

• posted: Jan. 06, 2023
• Orin Kurtz

New York Manual Laborers Must be Paid Weekly New York Labor Law requires employers to pay manual workers on a weekly basis. Further, this requirement means that employees must receive their Read More

• posted: Sep. 17, 2021
• Orin Kurtz
• oil rig,  salary basis,  fair labor standards act,  day rate,  oil rig manager

Oil Rig Employees Who Are Paid A Day Rate May Be Entitled To Overtime Pay Read More

• posted: Aug. 17, 2021
• Orin Kurtz
• class action,  paid leave,  military leave,  servicemember,  USERRA,  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act

A federal appeals court said that, under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (“USERRA”), employers must provide servicemembers with pay during military leave if they also pay employees on “comparable types of leave.” Read More

• posted: Jun. 14, 2021
• Orin Kurtz
• non-compete,  non-solicitation

The Illinois General Assembly recently approved a bill that would significantly reform non-compete and non-solicitation law in Illinois. Read More

• posted: Jun. 09, 2021
• Orin Kurtz
• erisa,  class action,  settlement,  excessive fees,  imprudent funds,  401(k) litigation

Philadelphia-based engineering company, has agreed to pay $1.8 million to end a proposed class action claiming it violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by by keeping expensive, poor-performing investment options in employees' 401(k) plan. Read More

• posted: May 29, 2021
• Orin Kurtz

Virginia Passes Law Allowing Collective Actions For Failure to Pay Overtime Read More

• posted: May 27, 2021
• Orin Kurtz
• Fair Labor Standards Act,  FLSA,  Class Action,  Collective Action,  Unpaid Wages,  Unpaid Overtime,  Orin Kurtz,  Conditional Certification,  Class Certification

The makers of a feature film about a baseball team owe more than $100,000 to the crew, according to a January filing in Georgia federal court. "The production of SWWWK lacked Read More

• posted: May 24, 2021
• Orin Kurtz

Judge Says Insurance Salespeople Are Employees and not Independent Contractors Read More

• posted: Feb. 01, 2021

Welcome to the official blog of Gardy & Notis, LLP. We will begin posting on this blog shortly, so please check back regularly for updates about the firm, notable cases Read More