Tip Theft. Does your employer require you to pay for cash shortages? Don’t.
What’s worse than getting stiffed on a tip? Getting stiffed on a tab. Have you ever worked in a restaurant where they had a policy requiring waiters and waitresses to pay for tabs when a customer left without ... Read More
Answers to Common Employment Law Questions
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled to overturn a 2017 lower court decision that dismissed a lawsuit alleging Alabama had violated equal protection laws by passing a state law that blocks the increase of minimum wage to $10.10 for workers. Initiated ... Read More
Representatives in Washington D.C. recently introduced an amendment to 2019 legislation which would block the city’s District of Columbia Minimum Wage Amendment Act of 2017 (also known as Initiative 77) from becoming effective. As a result, another barrier has been created in raising ... Read More
What’s in a name? The proverbial lawyer answer, of course, is: everything! But really, phrasing has a huge impact on how society perceives things. Take the term “ride-sharing,” for instance. We refer to Uber as ride-sharing, but originally Uber was called Ubercab. However, after receiving a cease-and-desist for operating an ... Read More
Airline workers at Virgin America Incorporated and Alaska Air Group Incorporated recently advanced in a wage and hour case when a federal district court judge for Bernsetein v. Virgin America Incorporated ruled that state pay requirements apply to airline workers. The amount involved ... Read More
Washington’s Attorney General recently announced that in lieu of a lawsuit, several large fast-food corporations will discontinue nationwide practices that restrict worker mobility and decrease labor competition by prohibiting workers from moving among a restaurant’s various franchise locations. As a result, companies will now decline ... Read More
In June 2018, Massachusetts’ Governor Baker signed into law an act that will increase Massachusetts minimum wage over the next five years. The act, H4640, has been referred to by some as the “Grand Bargain” because the law ... Read More
In June of 2018, the Cheesecake Factory was recently found in the midst of a wage violation in the amount of a $4.57 million in a case that involves hundreds of janitorial workers who were employed at eight of the restaurant’s locations in ... Read More
There is nothing more devastating to a loyal and law-abiding employee than being fired for reporting the misconduct or illegal activity observed in the workplace (i.e. whistleblowers). Your employer retaliating against you for doing what is right is a travesty, and allowing employers to behave in this way ... Read More
Currently, most staff who work in places where tips are provided, pool their tips and distribute the tip pool to other employees. Also, part of these tips include credit card tips left by customers for the benefit of the waitstaff. In accordance with what is called a ... Read More