Employment Law

Federal Law Protects Workers’ Wages Several thousand current and former Pizza Hut delivery drivers are now scheduled to receive compensation after a Wisconsin division of the company agreed [...]

Violations of Wage Laws A three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently considered whether McDonald’s should be held liable for violations of wage laws. McDonald’s workers [...]

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 [...]