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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 [...]

According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the United States Department of Labor issued new guidelines in January of 2018 designed to provide guidance in determining whether students and [...]

Overtime Pay for Employees Working in Retirement Communities Too frequently we see Texas employers failing to pay caregivers, med techs, and other employees working in retirement communities [...]

Tip Pooling and Tip Sharing Today, creativity among employers is at an all-time high when it comes to circumventing the minimum wage laws – especially when it comes to tipped employees. It is no [...]

Texas Labor Laws: Minimum Wage & Overtime Pay Unpaid Overtime and Minimum Wage claims are the subject of many, many lawsuits across Texas and across the Country. As a general rule, employees [...]

Prospective clients are often worried about how they can afford to hire an attorney to protect their legal rights in the workplace. Fortunately, our firm represents employees almost exclusively [...]

Tips, Tip Pools, and Tip Sharing  Seriously: Can My Employer Legally Do That? If the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, then how do some employers (specifically, restaurants) get away with [...]

  I often say that employees in Texas have very few advocates to protect their rights in the workplace. Most laws are designed to protect the employers from being sued, therefore, most [...]

It is difficult to ask your employer questions about your paycheck, after all employees rarely understand how their wages are calculated (i.e. tax, Medicare, and other governmental deductions) [...]

A portion of America’s workforce will undergo a major change when the Department of Labor streamlines the current rules that govern overtime exemption status.  In March, 2014, President Obama [...]