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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →