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Many employees hesitate to bring claims for unpaid overtime wages because of a fear that they cannot provide proof that they worked the overtime hours …

Is Your Employer Complying with ERISA?

Shavitz Law Group March 18, 2020

When the stock market takes a dive, your 401k suffers too. While many employees allocate some of their earnings to their employer’s 401k plan without …

Booting up, Rest Breaks, Pre-Shift Meetings, and ... Higher Wages

Colorado strengthens worker protections with updated wage and hour laws

Shavitz Law Group March 13, 2020

Colorado recently updated its wage laws and strengthened its protections for workers. The new laws clarified that workers must be paid for all time worked, …

Law Firms Can Violate Wage and Hour Laws, Too.

Christine Duignan March 11, 2020

When you think about wage and hour compliance issues, you might overlook an entire group of employers that may be in violation: law firms. While …

Find out if you're owed more. FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act)

Several States are Broadening Wage Laws to Protect Workers

Alan Quiles March 11, 2020

The Fair Labor Standards Act is the federal law that requires employers to pay workers the federal minimum wage and requires that employers pay workers …

Coronavirus: Protecting Your Health and Your Employee Rights FAQ’s

Shavitz Law Group March 11, 2020

As the coronavirus continues to spread both globally and within the United States, many companies have expanded measures to prevent their employees from exposure. You …

Should You Be Paid for That Break?

Camar Jones February 28, 2020

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and many state wage laws, require employers to provide non-exempt employees with a meal break. A bona fide meal …

Are You One of the Millions of Workers Now Entitled to Overtime?

Christine Duignan February 19, 2020

As of January 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) new final rule becomes effective. The new rule makes an additional 1.3 million American …

Required to Work Through Your Lunch Break? You Could Be Entitled to Compensation

Shavitz Law Group February 19, 2020

Are you an hourly employee that works through your lunch break? Federal wage and hour law does not require employers to give employees lunch breaks; …

Federal contractor worker? Happy New Year

Do You Work for a Federal Contractor? You May Have Just Gotten a Minimum Wage Increase…

Christine Duignan February 11, 2020

Beginning on January 1, 2020, the applicable minimum wage rate for workers performing work on or in connection with some federal contracts increased to $10.80 …

Employers Are Required to Protect Your Personal and Biometric Data

Logan Pardell February 11, 2020

Data collection is big business. Large employers are able to obtain and sell significant amounts of data about their workers. While many states are behind, …