Wage Law

What’s in a name? The proverbial lawyer answer, of course, is: everything! But really, phrasing has a huge impact on how society perceives things. Take the term “ride-sharing,” for instance. We [...]

Airline workers at Virgin America Incorporated and Alaska Air Group Incorporated recently advanced in a wage and hour case when a federal district court judge for Bernsetein v. Virgin America [...]

Washington’s Attorney General recently announced that in lieu of a lawsuit, several large fast-food corporations will discontinue nationwide practices that restrict worker mobility and decrease [...]

In June 2018, Massachusetts’ Governor Baker signed into law an act that will increase Massachusetts minimum wage over the next five years. The act, H4640, has been referred to by some as the [...]

In June of 2018, the Cheesecake Factory was recently found in the midst of a wage violation in the amount of a $4.57 million in a case that involves hundreds of janitorial workers who were [...]

Currently, most staff who work in places where tips are provided, pool their tips and distribute the tip pool to other employees. Also, part of these tips include credit card tips left by [...]

The Maryland Unpaid Wages Law punishes employers who fail to pay workers on time are now at risk of being required to pay three times the amount of wages owed as well as costs and fees for legal [...]

As an honest, hardworking employee, it is easy to assume that your employer is doing everything by the book and that he or she would never dream of shorting you on pay. Unfortunately, not [...]

When it comes to pay, most employers pay employees in one hour and half-hour increments. They do this to avoid any confusion in the payroll department. This means that employees may be paid for [...]

Whether you are a lawyer or work in the service industry, you probably know that there has been some instability with respect to what constitutes stealing tips from employees. However, you may or [...]