Sued by former employees for nothing.
Song Law Firm won the case for a customer who was sued by former employees to pay for the unpaid minimum wage and overtime. Our customer, who runs a limousine taxi company, has been sued by his former drivers who insisted that they were paid less than the minimum wage during their time with the company, and that they were not paid even though they worked overtime. Our client who knew at...Read More
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Suffered from unfair dismissal from her job.
Song Law Firm reached an agreement for a client who suffered from unfair dismissal from her job and was able to obtain a settlement of $55,000. Our client was working as a senior engineer at a promising AI venture. Four months before the notice of dismissal, she received excellent reviews in her annual work evaluation and was soon offered a position as a department head. However, she refused...Read More
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Wrongful termination, settled for $125,000
Ever been fired from a job? Our client, after working as a nurse in the same hospital for 25 years, was fired trying to bring up the issues of inadequate patient care within the hospital. We filed a suit under the New York Healthcare Worker Whistle Blower Statute that prohibits employers from firing healthcare professionals who “blow the whistle” on patient care issues. She was...Read More
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We know how to handle a wrongful termination.
As part of a reduction in workforce, our client terminated the plaintiff. She retained a lawyer who claimed that she had been an excellent employee and that she had been targeted for discriminatory reasons. We obtained plaintiff’s employment file and put together a chart outlining the problems she had caused over the course of her employment. n addition, we established a table...Read More
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Employers who do not pay overtime pay compensation equal to six months’ wages
The hard-working supervisor had been fired without a cause. The company planned to send him packing with just a month’s severance payment ($4000). He believed that it was an unfair decision and came to Song Law Firm. During the consultation, Song Law Firm attorneys identified unpaid overtime “off the clock”. He had started work early every day but never been paid for it. Song Law...Read More
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How to react on company’s improper transfer
Our client worked as a highly-placed officer in logistics, importing food that required careful attention to freshness. But when he fell out of favor, he was ordered to accept a transfer out of town at half the salary- or be fired. Even though he was an at-will employee, we helped him negotiate a severance package that provided 9 months’ salary and protected his rights to work...Read More
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How to react on company’s improper transfer
Our client worked as a highly-placed officer in logistics, importing food that required careful attention to freshness. But when he fell out of favor, he was ordered to accept a transfer out of town at half the salary- or be fired. Even though he was an at-will employee, we helped him negotiate a severance package that provided 9 months’ salary and protected his rights to work...Read More
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You don’t have an employee handbook? No Kidding!
An employee handbook is an important communication tool between an employer and its employees. A well-written handbook sets forth your expectations for employees, and describes what they can expect from the company. In addition, well-written handbook often prevents employment disputes. Unfortunately, many Korean companies in the U.S. are not aware of the importance of well-written...Read More
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Threatening by a previous employee for a wrongful termination, no worry with Song Law Firm
Song Law Firm’s corporate client has been in a very troublesome situation recently. A corporate client of ours was threatened with a law suit under the NJ Whistle Blower law upon firing the employee for good cause. The opposing attorney aggressively argued that the employee has been fired for threatening to blow the whistle on our client’s activities. After further...Read More
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Fight for the harassment in the workplace in a delicate but strong manner. A strong yet delicate handling is important.
It can be difficult to be one of the few female employees in a male dominant workplace. Our client experience harassment by her colleagues such as accusatory remarks that she was having an affair outside her marriage. The company took punitive measures without investigating the accusations and asking for her position. We sent a forceful letter to the company’s executives instructing...Read More
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