Author: Miguelina Paulino

Vivianna Morales Promoted to Partner at Pechman Law Group
Vivianna Morales represents employees and employers in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law. Vivianna has litigated over one-hundred wage and hour

Connecticut And New York Bakeries to Pay $952k For Wage Theft Violations
A wage theft lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor has resulted in a federal court ordering three bakeries located in Connecticut and New

Construction Company Pays $500,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Latina construction employees who were subjected to unwelcome sexual advances were awarded a $500,000 settlement in their sex harassment case by The Equal Employment Opportunity

H Mart Warehouse Workers and Drivers Recover $118,000 in Their Wage Theft Case
Five former warehouse workers and drivers for the renowned Asian food supplier H Mart reached an agreement to resolve their wage theft claims against the

Pechman Law Group Represented Wall Street traders
Bloomberg ran a story on Wall Street traders Sina Lashgari and Jon “JP” Paul who Pechman aw Group represented in their dispute with Goldman Sachs.

Wage Theft Hits Immigrants – Hard
Our wage theft lawsuit on behalf of workers at a Wayfair warehouse in New Jersey was noted by the Center for Public Integrity in its

Cheesecake Factory Sued For Bi-weekly Pay Violations
Our recent lawsuit against The Cheesecake Factory restaurants was reported in Eater NY. The lawsuit was reported on Eater NY. The lawsuit alleges that employees were paid on a

Court Holds That Exotic Dancers were Misclassified as Independent Contractors
A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled that a group of exotic dancers qualified as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. And therefore were

Bi-Weekly Pay Can Violate New York’s Late Payment Law
The New York Labor Law requires “manual workers” to be paid weekly, never later than seven calendar days after the end of the week in

Chipotle Sued for Sexual Harassment by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Fast food chain Chipotle Services LLC and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., violated federal law by subjecting young female employees to egregious and ongoing sexual harassment