Overtime Law

Colorado Employees  Colorado law continues to protect workers’ rights by adding new laws to increase the legal protection afforded to Colorado employees. Colorado recently enacted what is called [...]

Workers paid a Piece Rate are Entitled to Overtime Pay Federal law requires employers to pay workers overtime for piecework. If you are paid by a piece rate (e.g. by the “piece” or [...]

FAQs and More Details on the New Mexico Paid Leave Act The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (the “DWS”) has issued some guidelines and information (hereinafter the [...]

Construction Workers: Massachusetts Punishes Insulation Company for Wage and Hour Violations If your employer fails to pay your wages, fails to pay proper overtime, and/or cheats you out of your [...]

Employees at Staffing Company are Entitled to Overtime Pay A staffing company in Philadelphia has agreed to a judgment requiring them to pay $9.3 million in back wages and overtime pay in [...]

Drywall Installers are “Employees” Entitled to Overtime and Other Benefits  The New Jersey Supreme Court held that a group of drywall installers are New Jersey employees entitled to [...]

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 [...]