Wage Law

Too Much Side-Work? A Win for Servers. In a ruling that could have sweeping consequences for waiters and waitresses working the restaurant industry, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of [...]

A worker who performed demolition work in Illinois recently announced plans to sue his employer because he had not been paid the prevailing wage by city-approved contractors. Rather than receive [...]

Both current and former workers at Walmart recently won class certification in California in a lawsuit that claims the company failed to compensate them for off the clock work. The class was [...]

Recently, the Walt Disney Company announced that thousands of Walt Disney World workers will receive raises as the result of a new contract settlement that the company has reached with the [...]

Tips for Employers Servers There is a common misconception among servers in the restaurant industry that if a server’s hourly wage plus tips exceeds the minimum wage then your employer can do [...]

Workers such as those in the recent wage and hour Starbucks case, are combating off the clock violations. The body of law that protects employees from working off the clock is a federal law [...]

The United States Department of Labor recently announced a fine against Sea Island Acquisitions LLC because the company violated several important elements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. In a [...]

Tip Theft. Does your employer require you to pay for cash shortages? Don’t. What’s worse than getting stiffed on a tip? Getting stiffed on a tab. Have you ever worked in a restaurant where they [...]

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled to overturn a 2017 lower court decision that dismissed a lawsuit alleging Alabama had violated equal protection laws by passing a state law [...]

Representatives in Washington D.C. recently introduced an amendment to 2019 legislation which would block the city’s District of Columbia Minimum Wage Amendment Act of 2017 (also known as [...]