Can Restaurants Make Waiters Pay for Uniform?
In my labor and employment practice, one big red flag for me is that a restaurant or bar is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is requiring their …
What is the Overtime Law on Salary?
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, everybody has to earn at least minimum wage. Employers are required by the Fair Labor Standards Act to track all hours worked by …
Why There are More Class Actions for Over the Road Truck Drivers
Over the road, commercial truck drivers are often misclassified as an independent contractors and denied minimum wage. Transportation companies often employ drivers and make them think they are independent …
Can you have private settlement of an overtime or minimum wage claim?
The answer is generally not if there is not a lawsuit. If there is a lawsuit it’s allowable depending the state you are in. Question: What’s a private settlement? …
Why you should not try to collect your unpaid overtime and minimum wage through the Texas Workforce Commission
People who have been laid off or fired frequently have unpaid overtime and minimum wage claims. Why? They didn’t want to rock the boat and risk losing their job …
Do you need to be a U.S. Citizen to collect unpaid overtime and minimum wage?
If you are not a Citizen of the United States, you are still protected from being cheated out of your overtime and minimum wage. This includes the scenario where …
Tip Pooling Laws
Tipped Employee and Tip Pooling Laws Tip credit and pool tips is an area of employment law that can be complicated. You have the combination of minimum wage law …
Straight time overtime lawsuits
The most common overtime lawsuits we see in our class action practice are companies that pay their employees straight-time for overtime. This means when the employees work over 40 …
Non-discretionary bonuses overtime
Failure to account for non-discretionary bonus in the calculation of weekly wages results in overtime violation.
Virgin Island minimum wage is $10.50 an hour
On June 1, 2018, the minimum wage in the U.S. Virgin Islands increased to $10.50 per hour for all employees with the exception of tourist service and restaurant employees. …
Can Restaurants Make Waiters Pay for Uniform?
In my labor and employment practice, one big red flag for me is that a restaurant or bar is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is requiring their …
What is the Overtime Law on Salary?
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, everybody has to earn at least minimum wage. Employers are required by the Fair Labor Standards Act to track all hours worked by …
Why There are More Class Actions for Over the Road Truck Drivers
Over the road, commercial truck drivers are often misclassified as an independent contractors and denied minimum wage. Transportation companies often employ drivers and make them think they are independent …
Can you have private settlement of an overtime or minimum wage claim?
The answer is generally not if there is not a lawsuit. If there is a lawsuit it’s allowable depending the state you are in. Question: What’s a private settlement? …
Why you should not try to collect your unpaid overtime and minimum wage through the Texas Workforce Commission
People who have been laid off or fired frequently have unpaid overtime and minimum wage claims. Why? They didn’t want to rock the boat and risk losing their job …
Do you need to be a U.S. Citizen to collect unpaid overtime and minimum wage?
If you are not a Citizen of the United States, you are still protected from being cheated out of your overtime and minimum wage. This includes the scenario where …
Tip Pooling Laws
Tipped Employee and Tip Pooling Laws Tip credit and pool tips is an area of employment law that can be complicated. You have the combination of minimum wage law …
Straight time overtime lawsuits
The most common overtime lawsuits we see in our class action practice are companies that pay their employees straight-time for overtime. This means when the employees work over 40 …
Non-discretionary bonuses overtime
Failure to account for non-discretionary bonus in the calculation of weekly wages results in overtime violation.
Virgin Island minimum wage is $10.50 an hour
On June 1, 2018, the minimum wage in the U.S. Virgin Islands increased to $10.50 per hour for all employees with the exception of tourist service and restaurant employees. …