Many Employers in Industries Such as Medicine, Mental Health, Construction, Transportation, and Finance Owe Overtime to Misclassified “Independent Contractors” Some employers call them “Independent Contractors,” and in some industries, they call them “Per Diem,” or “Field Workers,”– but the result is always the same: Workers putting in long hours and not receiving time-and-a-half wages for …Read More
Many employers offer to pay for training time and even pay their employees to study to pass licensing exams required for their jobs. But did you know that in many instances, the federal labor laws may require employers to pay for this time? The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that employees be paid …Read More
Effective January 1, 2019, Florida’s minimum wage will increase from $8.25 per hour to $8.46 per hour. Tipped workers will also see a climb regarding their pay. The minimum wage for tipped workers will increase from $5.23 to $5.44 an hour. With this increase, Florida will no longer have the second-lowest minimum wage among states …Read More
Family Dollar paid $45 million to settle claims that the retailer paid men more than women for doing the same work. The lawsuit claimed that Family Dollar violated the Equal Pay Act because it allegedly favored men over women regarding their pay. These cases are more common than one would think. Studies have shown that …Read More
Emails, calls, texts, Slack, WhatsApp, GroupMe, Twist, and other communication applications are all available on your phone or tablet and within your reach Seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Technology has provided the world with a minimum of a half dozen ways to reach you anywhere, anytime. Employers in corporate America are very …Read More
Another day, another gender discrimination claim against a Wall Street firm. In a recent article written by Bloomberg News, it was reported that a star performer and 15-year veteran at Goldman Sachs was fired while she was on maternity leave. The former Vice President alleges, despite successfully managing more than 300 million dollars for Goldman’s …Read More
You Earned Your Tips! However, there are many ways employers are cheating employees of their hard-earned money! Many American restaurant workers know that the only way for them to earn a livable wage is through their hard-earned tips. While the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) employers …Read More
Working in the retail industry is hard and often, requires that retail managers work long hours on their feet performing physical work and providing customer service. The job can be stressful and exhausting. Unfortunately, many retail managers are not paid overtime wages if they work more than 40 hours a week. Retailer Employers try to …Read More
Did You know that a California Law requires that employers provide all working employees with suitable seats when the nature of their work reasonably permits the use of seats? And, that companies have paid millions of dollars in litigation to employees for violating this law? California employers to often rely on the fact that their …Read More
Despite equal pay and gender discrimination laws in place to protect women and ensure pay equality, companies continually and unlawfully pay men more than women for equal work and do not provide women with the same career advancement opportunities for promotion as men. With the recent spark of the #MeToo movement, we have learned how …Read More
