Overtime Law

Minimum Wage The federal minimum was raised most recently on July 24, 2009. At eight years ago, that seems to be a little too far gone to be of much help to the average American citizen in this [...]

Texas Labor Laws: Minimum Wage & Overtime Pay Unpaid Overtime and Minimum Wage claims are the subject of many, many lawsuits across Texas and across the Country. As a general rule, employees [...]

Is your employer illegally using tips from the tip pool? Have you ever worked at an establishment where the employer mandated that you “tip out” a portion of your earnings to other employees? [...]

Tips, Tip Pools, and Tip Sharing  Seriously: Can My Employer Legally Do That? If the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, then how do some employers (specifically, restaurants) get away with [...]

  I often say that employees in Texas have very few advocates to protect their rights in the workplace. Most laws are designed to protect the employers from being sued, therefore, most [...]

By now, many people have heard that the new overtime rule has been halted. The new overtime rule was set to increase the yearly salary threshold from $23,660 to $47,476. In other words, if you do [...]

Employers often threaten employees with counterclaims in response to an employee’s lawsuit. However, most employment laws have anti-retaliation provisions which protect an employee from [...]

It is difficult to ask your employer questions about your paycheck, after all employees rarely understand how their wages are calculated (i.e. tax, Medicare, and other governmental deductions) [...]

A portion of America’s workforce will undergo a major change when the Department of Labor streamlines the current rules that govern overtime exemption status.  In March, 2014, President Obama [...]

It is bonus time! What if I told you that receiving a bonus may increase your overtime pay? It is understandably so, that you may be wondering how a bonus can have such a significant impact on [...]