Wage Law

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 [...]

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 in back [...]

Side Work May Violate Wage Laws Statistics show that the restaurant industry provides jobs for 15 million people and generates $799 billion each year. Despite the size and scope of the restaurant [...]

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 [...]

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 of [...]

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 [...]

Pizzeria Wage Violations A group of pizza delivery drivers at Pat’s Select pizzerias in New Jersey recently announced plans to pursue a class action lawsuit against the pizza company on the basis [...]

Marijuana Retail Workers Pursue Claims for Overtime Violations Earlier in December, the marijuana retailer MedMen became subject to a class action lawsuit from former MedMen workers who claim [...]