Overtime Law

Under the Obama administration, the minimum salary threshold for salary exempt employees increased to $47,476. However, the increase was short-lived when a Court overruled the Obama- rule in [...]

May 1 marked International Workers’ Day. While the event was created to commemorate the Chicago workers who were killed during strikes calling for an eight-hour workday, the event is also used to [...]

In March of 2019, the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued two opinion letters that addressed the Fair Labor Standards Act. While one of the letters detailed the [...]

Food Delivery Company Faces Wage and Hour Lawsuit The popular food delivery app company, Waitr, currently faces a lawsuit initiated by drivers who claim that they are not being paid all of their [...]

A leading marketer of fresh citrus and avocados in the United States, Sundance Natural Food Company, was recently required to pay back wages to its workers for unpaid overtime for overtime [...]

New Jersey Wage Violations Discovered The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey recently entered a judgment requiring five New Jersey gas stations to pay more than $300,000 [...]

Timekeeping Errors: Wage and Hour Violations You may not have stopped to consider what happens to the record of your hours worked after you leave your place of work each day. Many workers wrongly [...]

Pennsylvania Overtime Violations After an investigation was conducted by the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, the United States District Court for the Eastern District [...]

A federal court in Tennessee recently ordered Hetal Patel Incorporated, which previously owned and operated an Indian Vegetarian Cuisine in Tennessee, for violating minimum wage, overtime, and [...]

Are You an Independent Contractor? For years, employers have attempted to skirt employment laws by classifying workers as “independent contractors.” In recent years, workers have started to fight [...]