Employment Law

Violations of Wage Laws  In September 2018, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office fined six contractors a total of $573,704 for violations of wage laws after learning about a scheme in which [...]

Overtime Violations Recently, the Infosys company met with a lawsuit based on the company’s alleged overtime violations – failing to pay overtime to its workers. The case in question arose [...]

Too Much Side-Work? A Win for Servers. In a ruling that could have sweeping consequences for waiters and waitresses working the restaurant industry, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of [...]

After a recent massive lay off at Telltale Games, a former worker is now pursuing a class action lawsuit against Telltale Games on the basis that the company violated federal law known as the [...]

A worker who performed demolition work in Illinois recently announced plans to sue his employer because he had not been paid the prevailing wage by city-approved contractors. Rather than receive [...]

Both current and former workers at Walmart recently won class certification in California in a lawsuit that claims the company failed to compensate them for off the clock work. The class was [...]

Recently, the Walt Disney Company announced that thousands of Walt Disney World workers will receive raises as the result of a new contract settlement that the company has reached with the [...]

Tips for Employers Servers There is a common misconception among servers in the restaurant industry that if a server’s hourly wage plus tips exceeds the minimum wage then your employer can do [...]

Workers such as those in the recent wage and hour Starbucks case, are combating off the clock violations. The body of law that protects employees from working off the clock is a federal law [...]

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 [...]