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Federal Labor Laws vs State Labor Laws and Why the Difference Matters Protecting the legal rights of employees is complicated. One of the biggest complexities involves the overlap of federal [...]

There is a trend in pro-employee legal protections emerging in states across the nation. Among these emerging protections are laws under the Right of Recall movement. In brief, when new [...]

In a “win” for workers, the federal Department of Labor has proposed new regulations regarding tipped employees, including reinstatement of the 80/20 rule for side work. The new [...]

Generally, federal and state labor laws mandate that any tip or gratuity received by an employee is money that belongs exclusively to the employee who earned the tip. There are some [...]

New York Passes Wage Theft Protections for Construction Workers New York recently enacted a new wage theft law aimed at enhancing protections for construction workers. See the news report here. [...]

Virginia Enacts Pro-Worker Overtime Law for Salaried Employees In 2020 Virginia amended its Wage Theft Law, which we wrote about here. This year, to further bolster employee’s rights to be paid a [...]

Colorado Says Vacation Pay Must Be Paid Upon Employee Separation Colorado recently joined a growing list of states and localities that mandate employees must be paid the equivalent of their wages [...]

New Sexual Harassment Laws  The Texas Legislature has recently passed two laws modifying and enhancing protections for workers with respect to sexual harassment in the workplace. The new laws are [...]

Beyond the right to be paid and paid fairly, workers have many other rights that are provided and protected by statutes, regulations, and court precedent. For example, under safety statutes and [...]

Illegal Wage Theft: Four Common Schemes Illegal wage theft happens when employees do not get ALL of their earned wages. As reported in Teen Vogue and GQ Magazine, studies have shown that millions [...]