MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Two restaurants in New Hampshire have agreed to pay more than $890,000 in back wages and damages to 63 employees to resolve federal labor violation allegations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation found La Carreta-Derry Inc. and La Carreta-Londonderry LLC – both doing business as La Carreta...Read More

By Christopher T. Vrountas, Esquire and Allison C. Ayer, Esquire, Vrountas, Ayer & Chandler, P.C. Federal employment discrimination laws do not prohibit employment discrimination based solely on an individual’s status as a caregiver.  But caregiver discrimination does violate federal employment discrimination laws, such as Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Age...Read More