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Trevor Lawrence’s running lane to the 2019 NFL Draft is through the laws in New York which prohibit age discrimination in employment.

A former server of Chili’s has filed a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the restaurant chain for sex discrimination. The server, who is lesbian, claimed that she was denied an opportunity to advance and then forced to leave her job following comments by upper management about her attire.

After natural disasters strike, the hundreds of workers hired to help restore damaged areas often do not receive the overtime compensation they are owed.

A statement from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced that more than $35 million was returned to over 35,000 victims of wage theft in 2018, continuing the New York Department of Labor's efforts to stand up for workers being denied wages.

A mechanic who claimed he was unjustly denied membership in the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 15 and fired in retaliation for requesting to join the Union received $61,000 in backpay and fringe benefits in a settlement.

Williamson Dickie, the global workwear company known as Dickies, has been sued by Alan Burks, a former marketing director who claims he was terminated due to his age.

United Parcel Service (UPS), the world’s largest package delivery company, will pay $4.9 million to settle a class religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ordered the operators of three Queens hotels to pay $360,543 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 83 employees to resolve violations of the overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

New York City has become the first city in the United States to set a minimum wage for ride-share drivers.

Walmart has recently been sued in two different lawsuits by former and current workers of the store for not paying proper overtime wages due to shaving time off of hours they actually worked and by misclassifying assistant managers as being exempt from overtime.