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California Cracks Down on Worker Misclassification
Unfortunately, companies across the country consistently try to find loopholes to avoid paying workers overtime, including the age-old scheme of misclassifying employees as independent contractors. The misclassification as independent contractors is a major problem in California in particular, where it … Continue reading
Tankermen & Shore Tankermen – Many Aren’t “Seamen” and are Owed Overtime Pay
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay overtime to workers for all hours worked over 40 in one workweek. But if the worker falls into an exempt category – for instance, seamen – the employer does not have … Continue reading
Overtime Pay Laws Protect Against Wage Theft in Oil Field Jobs
Millions of workers in all types of industries are having their wages stolen by employers who fail to comply with federal and state wage and hour laws. Unfortunately, wage theft is particularly common in oil field jobs, specifically service technicians, … Continue reading
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR UPDATES TIP CREDIT AND HALF-TIME FOR OVERTIME REGULATIONS
The U.S. Department of Labor has recently issued regulations that update several important provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) – including tip credits, bonus payments under fluctuating workweeks (a/k/a Chinese Overtime) and overtime for Service Advisors. The new … Continue reading
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Oil Spill Claims Adjusters Sue to Recover Overtime Pay
Oil Spill Claims Adjusters Sue to Recover Overtime Pay Claims adjusters working for BP and Worley Catastrophe Response in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have filed a lawsuit claiming that they are owed overtime pay under the … Continue reading
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Restaurant Ordered to Pay Tipped Employees, Cooks, Dishwashers and Bussers almost $400,000
Restaurant Ordered to Pay Tipped Employees, Cooks, Dishwashers and Bussers almost $400,000 As observed by the Labor Department, and as anyone who has worked in restaurants knows, “there is often a lot of abuses in the restaurant industry” when it … Continue reading
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$15,000,000 CLASS ACTION WAGE CLAIM SETTLEMENT
According to recent filings with the federal court in New York, Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. has agreed to pay up to $15 million to resolve a number of wage-related claims brought by current and former employees who say the company … Continue reading
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Targeting Independent Contractor Misclassification
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated that more than 10.3 million workers in the United States, over 7% of the entire workforce, are classified by businesses as Independent Contractors. A Department of Labor study in 2000 concluded that up … Continue reading
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$4,000,000 Awarded in California Retaliation Claim
The FLSA (federal Fair Labor Standards Act) and similar state labor laws prohibit employers from retaliating against employees who exercise their rights under the law. When an employer is found to have engaged in such unlawful retaliation, the consequences can … Continue reading
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$1,000,000 in Overtime Wages and Penalties to be paid by Insurance Giant
$1,000,000 in Overtime Wages and Penalties to be paid by Insurance Giant In yet another example that dispels the myth that large companies always "get it right" and classify and pay employees correctly, UnitedHealthcare has agreed to pay 479 of … Continue reading
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