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Oral arguments by New York labor lawyer Abdul K. Hassan, Esq. before the New York Appellate Division, First Department. The Appellate Division (Justices Hon. Cynthia S. Kern, Hon. Peter Tom, Hon. Judith J. Gische, Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick, Hon. Peter H. Moulton) unanimously ruled in favor of Mr. Hassan's client, and upheld the lower court ‘s ruling – that manual workers like Ms. Vega who were paid later than weekly in violation of NYLL 191(1)(a)(i) have the right to bring a lawsuit under NYLL 198 to recover liquidated damages, interest, etc. even though they were paid their wages but paid late such as biweekly, instead of weekly as required by NYLL 191(1)(a)(i) for manual workers. Follow the yellow arrow in the video for the speaker. 

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​Oral arguments by New York labor lawyer Abdul K. Hassan, Esq. before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Court of Appeals (Judges Peter Hall, Amalya Kearse and Denny Chin) unanimously ruled in favor of Mr. Hassan's client, and vacated the jury verdict of the lower court on plaintiff's employment termination claim under the FMLA. Follow the yellow arrow in the video for the speaker. 

​Oral arguments by New York labor lawyer Abdul K. Hassan, Esq. before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Court of Appeals (Judges Rosemary Pooler, Raymond Lohier, and Susan Carney) unanimously ruled in favor of Mr. Hassan's client, and vacated the summary judgment of the lower court. The Appellate Court unanimously agreed with Mr. Hassan that the defendant failed to prove the FLSA's  Outside Salesperson Exemption defense. Follow the yellow arrow in the video for the speaker. 
 

Oral arguments by New York labor lawyer Abdul K. Hassan, Esq. before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Court of Appeals (Judges Rosemary Pooler, Amalya Kearse, and Robert Sack) unanimously ruled in favor of Mr. Hassan's client, and vacated the summary judgment of the lower court on plaintiff's employment termination claim under the FMLA. Follow the yellow arrow in the video for the speaker. 

Oral arguments by New York labor lawyer Abdul K. Hassan, Esq. before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Court of Appeals (Judges Raymond Lohier, Pierre N. Leval, and John G. Koeltl) unanimously ruled in favor of Mr. Hassan's client, and vacated the summary judgment of the lower court on plaintiff's employment termination claim under the FMLA. Follow the yellow arrow in the video for the speaker. 

Oral arguments by New York labor lawyer Abdul K. Hassan, Esq. before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Court of Appeals (Judges Jose Cabranes, Christopher Droney, and Jeffrey Meyer) unanimously ruled in favor of Mr. Hassan's client, and vacated the summary judgment of the lower court. The judges unanimously agreed with Mr. Hassan that the defendant failed to prove the FLSA's Seasonal/Recreational overtime exemption defense. Follow the yellow arrow in the video for the speaker.

Oral arguments by labor lawyer Abdul K. Hassan, Esq. before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. The Court (Judges Dennis Jacobs, Guido Calabresi, and Reena Raggi), unanimously ruled in favor of Mr. Hassan's client, and upheld the summary judgment awarding her overtime pay etc. - agreeing that the NYC HHC was a joint-employer of Ms. Barfield along with several employment agencies, and responsible for paying her overtime wages. Follow the yellow arrow in the video for the speaker. 

Watch videos by New York Labor Lawyer, Abdul K. Hassan, Esq.  on overtime pay, the firm, wrongful termination, and  severance and other pay issues.