Wage Law

Chauffeur Drivers: You have Legal Rights Are Chauffeur Drivers Employees? Despite what many believe, most chauffeur drivers and other types of common-carrier drivers are just like [...]

Workers have Class Action Rights  A class action lawsuit is a form of civil litigation where workers with similar grievances can join together and file one lawsuit instead of filing many separate [...]

Colorado Employees  Colorado law continues to protect workers’ rights by adding new laws to increase the legal protection afforded to Colorado employees. Colorado recently enacted what is called [...]

Workers paid a Piece Rate are Entitled to Overtime Pay Federal law requires employers to pay workers overtime for piecework. If you are paid by a piece rate (e.g. by the “piece” or [...]

FAQs and More Details on the New Mexico Paid Leave Act The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (the “DWS”) has issued some guidelines and information (hereinafter the [...]

Construction Workers: Massachusetts Punishes Insulation Company for Wage and Hour Violations If your employer fails to pay your wages, fails to pay proper overtime, and/or cheats you out of your [...]

Employees at Staffing Company are Entitled to Overtime Pay A staffing company in Philadelphia has agreed to a judgment requiring them to pay $9.3 million in back wages and overtime pay in [...]

Drywall Installers are “Employees” Entitled to Overtime and Other Benefits  The New Jersey Supreme Court held that a group of drywall installers are New Jersey employees entitled to [...]

Can Your Employer Deduct Credit Card Fees from Tips? The Pennsylvania Department of Labor recently issued new regulations according to revised labor laws passed recently by the Pennsylvania [...]

Do Customers Deserve Notice that a Restaurant is Pooling Tips? The answer varies by state, but for restaurants in Colorado, the answer is yes—the Colorado tip pooling law requires restaurants to [...]