Overtime Law

Unlawful Retaliation Workers have the right to be paid a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work and they also have the right to complain about not being paid. When workers do complain, employers [...]

The Tip Credit  When an employer relies on a worker’s tips to meet its obligations to pay the minimum wage, this is called taking a “tip credit.” The maximum credit an employer can take [...]

Texas Court Says Wage Fixing is a Crime  In another huge victory for workers, a federal court sitting in Texas has recently held that wage-fixing is a violation of federal antitrust laws and that [...]

Pennsylvania Invalidates “No-Hire” Agreement  In another win for employees, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently struck down a “no-hire” agreement between two unrelated [...]

Flying Time is Paid Time Says Washington State Court  A Washington State court has recently held that employees who are engaged in travel for work-related business must be paid for ALL hours [...]

New York City Passes Gig Worker Protection Laws On September 23, 2021, New York City passed a package of city laws aimed at protecting the City’s “gig economy” workers, [...]

Salaried-Exempt from Overtime? A federal court of appeals recently issued an opinion holding that, if an employee is paid a day rate (i.e. paid “by-the-day”) that employee is not [...]

Unpaid Health Screening Time As Reuters recently reported, Amazon.com, Inc. is being sued for failing to pay wages to workers required to wait in line for COVID-19 health screening. As reported [...]

It is crucial for employees to know and understand their rights, especially employees working in the restaurant and hospitality industries. If you think your employer has been violating your [...]

Workers Entitled to Compensation for Being “On-Call” Employers have many methods of stealing wages from their workers and even stealing their time. One example of time theft is when [...]