Kim BoboKim Bobo, the Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice and the author of "Wage Theft in America," recently spoke at Duke Divinity School and then at N.C. Central University School of Law in Durham, N.C. Ms. Bobo, who was awarded the Pacem in Terris Peace Award in 2012 (other recipients are John F. Kennedy, Mother [...]
Today we have a guest blog from our colleagues Nathan Hammons and Charlie Domer of Wisconsin. While this post contains many references to Wisconsin law, we think it is a valuable examination of the topic of domestic servants as employees who are protected by workers’ compensation. Most families in Wisconsin have hired a baby-sitter or [...]
Today’s post is the continuation of a 2-part series which comes to us from our colleague Edgar Romano at Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP in New York. As we shared with you last week, hotel housekeeping may not seem dangerous, but it can be grueling physical labor. A recent study published by [...]
Today’s post comes to us from our colleague Edgar Romano at Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP in New York. Hotels can be a dangerous place to work. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, of all service industry workers’, hotel workers’ have the highest rate of injury at 5%. The average for [...]