Colorado Overtime Kicks In After 12 Hours in a Day
Colorado Overtime Kicks In After 12 Hours in a Day You worked a fourteen-hour double on Friday. Open to close, one shift meal standing up. When the paycheck came, every hour was straight time, [...]
Salaried Overtime Rules 2026: It’s Still $684 a Week
Salaried Overtime Rules 2026: It’s Still $684 a Week For two years, the headlines told salaried workers the overtime cutoff was going up to $58,656. It never happened. Two federal courts struck [...]
Drive Time to Your First Job: Is It Paid?
Drive Time to Your First Job: Is It Paid? You make three calls from your kitchen table at 7 a.m., line up the day’s stops, then drive forty minutes to the first one. Your timesheet starts when [...]
Tip Credit Notice: No Warning Means Full Minimum Wage
Tip Credit Notice: No Warning Means Full Minimum Wage Your check says $2.13 an hour. Nobody ever explained why. No manager sat you down at hire, no one handed you anything to read, and the number [...]
Tip Pooling Before Open: Who Legally Shares Your Tips?
Tip Pooling Before Open: Who Legally Shares Your Tips? Every shift, your restaurant takes a cut of your sales out of your tips. Call it a tip share, a tip-out, or a pool: money you earned at your [...]
