Employment Law

Can Your Employer Deduct Credit Card Fees from Tips? The Pennsylvania Department of Labor recently issued new regulations according to revised labor laws passed recently by the Pennsylvania [...]

Do Customers Deserve Notice that a Restaurant is Pooling Tips? The answer varies by state, but for restaurants in Colorado, the answer is yes—the Colorado tip pooling law requires restaurants to [...]

Oilfield Workers are Entitled to Overtime Pay The law generally requires oilfield workers to be paid overtime wages—even if you are paid a day rate. If you work overtime in the oil and gas [...]

Punishing Wage Theft in Colorado  Despite efforts to combat Wage Theft in Colorado, wage theft is still rampant in Colorado. As reported here, more than 500,000 workers in Colorado lose more than [...]

Attention Colorado Workers: PAID Health and Family Leave Law Goes Into Effect Soon.   Workers are entitled to paid leave in Colorado. Under federal labor laws, workers are entitled to take a [...]

Tips, Tip Credits, and New Mexico Tip Sharing Laws If you are a restaurant worker in New Mexico who receives tips, this article will tell you everything you need to know about tips, tip credits, [...]

New Mexico Workers Entitled to PAID Sick Leave Effective on July 1, 2022, all workers in New Mexico are now legally entitled to PAID sick leave. See media report here. Many employers provide paid [...]

Workers are Entitled to Unpaid Wages Nearly every worker in the United States is entitled to be paid overtime and minimum wage. If you have not been paid overtime or minimum wage, contact us here [...]

Overtime Pay Guaranteed by Federal Law As a general rule, employers are lawfully required to pay all employees overtime pay, unless an employer can prove a certain employee is exempt. If your [...]

Independent Contractor Misclassification Results in Recovery of Six Years of Back Overtime Wages One common way that employers short-change their workers is by misclassifying them as an [...]