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New York Warehouse Workers Get More Legal Protections In December 2022, New York passed a new law giving additional legal protections to workers in warehouses and distribution/fulfillment [...]

Denver Colorado Wage Theft Ordinance Wage theft is unlawful everywhere in the United States, and yet, employers still engage in the practice and use many methods to underpay and steal the wages [...]

Increased Penalties for Employers Committing Colorado Wage Theft  Colorado continues to lead the nation in protecting workers from wage theft and late payment of wages. Colorado recently enacted [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Punishing Wage Theft in Colorado  Despite efforts to combat Wage Theft in Colorado, wage theft is still rampant in Colorado. As reported here, more than 500,000 workers in Colorado lose more than [...]

Attention Colorado Workers: PAID Health and Family Leave Law Goes Into Effect Soon.   Workers are entitled to paid leave in Colorado. Under federal labor laws, workers are entitled to take a [...]

Colorado Employers Must Pay Workers Earned Vacation Days Employers have a nearly unlimited number of methods to engage in wage theft and theft of other benefits earned by their workers. One [...]

Pennsylvania Tip Credit Law Finalized to Protect Tipped Workers The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (“DLI”) has finalized and issued for approval a new Pennsylvania Tip [...]

As we wrote about here, last year, New York state added significant wage theft protections for New York construction workers. Wage theft is common in the restaurant and hospitality industries. [...]