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In a new ruling by the Supreme Court workers who complained to their superiors, even verbally, about the way they are paid now have strong retaliation protections that they can exercise. These protections can help them to be compensated if they are f… Read More

On March 28, 2011, Judge Barbara S. Jones, a Federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, preliminarily approved a $2 million class and collective action settlement for Creighton v. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. et al.… Read More

Businesses woo customers. But when the “customer” is a fiduciary acting on behalf of the “beneficiaries” of that fiduciary duty, the wooing better be solely for the benefit of the beneficiaries. Despite this clear, well-establ… Read More

We have grown accustomed to corporate executives lining their own pockets when making virtually any business decision, whether it benefits the corporation or not. When it comes to managing a employee benefit plan, however, acting under such self-inte… Read More

An Employee Stock Ownership Plan is an employee benefit plan recognized under federal law. An ESOP provides employees with “beneficial” title to stock in the corporation where they are employed. Such stock is held in trust, with the ̶… Read More

True “pensions” are becoming a thing of the past for private sector employees. There was a time when most employees received a guaranteed monthly pension benefit for as long as they lived. Their retirement was secure. Now, by contrast, mo… Read More

A lot of workers (and their employers) are confused about whether or not an employee must be paid for their “on call” time. In the days of iPhones and Blackberries employees can be reached almost anywhere, anytime. Many workers believe th… Read More

State Street Bank and New York Mellon Bank have recently been sued for overcharging several public sector pension funds for foreign currency exchanges. The scheme alleged in the suits goes like this: the pension fund contracts with the bank as the cu… Read More