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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 →

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 →

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 →

$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 →