Labor & Employment

About

Provided by Faruqi & Faruqi

Faruqi & Faruqi's Employment Practice Group is a recognized leader in protecting workers’ rights. The firm is dedicated to representing employees, independent contractors, and all other workers who have been denied proper compensation or suffered discrimination, retaliation, or other unlawful employment practices at the hands of their employers. The firm also pursues claims on behalf of whistleblowers alleging fraudulent or unlawful activities by their employers and executives who have been denied compensation in breach of their employment contracts.

Faruqi attorneys represent workers across the county in both individual and class actions against employers that have failed to comply with state or federal laws governing minimum wages, overtime, meal and rest breaks, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other employment related practices. The firm’s attorneys have extensive experience litigating claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as the New York Labor Law and New York State and City Human Rights Laws.

Faruqi & Faruqi has been fighting for workers’ rights for over 30 years. The Employment Practice Group has challenged the practices of major businesses and corporations across the country and have recovered billions of dollars for their clients.