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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Workers are Entitled to Unpaid Wages Nearly every worker in the United States is entitled to be paid overtime and minimum wage. If you have not been paid overtime or minimum wage, contact us here [...]

Independent Contractor Misclassification Results in Recovery of Six Years of Back Overtime Wages One common way that employers short-change their workers is by misclassifying them as an [...]

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. [...]

Wage Theft is Big Business for Employers As reported here by Forbes, the Economic Policy Institute reported the result of a study showing that, from 2017 to 2020, workers were able to recover $3 [...]

Unlawful Retaliation Workers have the right to be paid a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work and they also have the right to complain about not being paid. When workers do complain, employers [...]

The Tip Credit  When an employer relies on a worker’s tips to meet its obligations to pay the minimum wage, this is called taking a “tip credit.” The maximum credit an employer can take [...]

Flying Time is Paid Time Says Washington State Court  A Washington State court has recently held that employees who are engaged in travel for work-related business must be paid for ALL hours [...]