Wage Law

The State of Texas does not require private employers to provide paid sick leave to any employee. In three Texas cities, however, recent ordinances have been passed that will require almost all [...]

Minnesota’s legislature recently passed the Jobs and Economic Development Omnibus Bill, which became effective as of July 1, 2019. The bill alters existing state laws and creates both civil and [...]

One of the most hotly debated issues in wage and hour law is what constitutes a “living wage.” Depending on who you ask, you are likely to get a very different answer. While the minimum wage in [...]

Each year millions of workers throughout the county are victims of wage theft. To combat wage theft, several states have passed legislation that supplement federal law to strengthen workers’ [...]

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 [...]

Servers: Four Things You Should know about Tip Share Federal laws apply in all 50 states. Your state’s laws may supplement the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, but your state’s law may not [...]

Department of Labor Revises “Joint Employer” Definition: What Restaurant Workers Should Know In May 2019, the United States Department of Labor proposed revisions of what a “joint employer” means [...]

Laws for Restaurant Servers Whether you are a restaurant server working in the front of the house or working back of the house, working in a restaurant is not easy. To make matters worse, in our [...]

In April 2019, a group of restaurant workers in Albuquerque, New Mexico staged protests concerning alleged wage theft in restaurants throughout the city. Some of the techniques the workers [...]