A lawsuit, filed in early 2010, saw employees of different Outback Steakhouse’s claim that they were unfairly being forced to share tips with other employees. Under the alleged “unfair” system, employees had to split tips with bussers, hosts and dishwashers. The employees were not told about the pooling system in advance, and therefore believed...
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Straight-Time-Pay-For-Working-Overtime – Common & Costly to Workers
What is Straight Time versus Overtime?
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Straight Time Pay is when employers pay an employee their regular rate of pay even when they are working overtime hours; when overtime pay should in fact be time and a half.
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The Fair Labor Standards Act Protects Your Right to Tips
A Lawsuit on The Right to Keep Tips
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A lawsuit, filed in early 2010, saw employees of different Outback Steakhouse’s claim that they were unfairly being forced to share tips with other employees.
Under the alleged “unfair” system, employees had to split tips with:
BussersHostsDishwashersThe employees were not told about the...
How Oil and Gas Companies Try to Avoid Paying Overtime
Workers from across the country trust us, because we know their rights. If they feel that they are not being paid fairly in compliance with overtime laws, we may be able to recoup up to double their unpaid overtime wages. Cases continue to pop up across the country as employees are misclassified as independent...
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FLSA Overtime Law
The Evolving Workplace: Exempt and Non-Exempt Employees
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When Congress updated the FLSA overtime law (Fair Labor Standards Act) in 1994, they did so with an eye to updating the changing face of the American employment landscape. Advancing technology has not only simplified the average Americans life in...
California Lunch Break Laws
California break law requires that employees who work over 5 hours are entitled to a 30-minute meal break. During this break, employees must be relieved of all duties. If an employer fails to give a proper meal break, California law states employees can recover one hour of pay at their regular rate of pay...
New York Labor Laws
New York labor laws protect New York employees and are regulated by the Department of Labor. Any violation of the provisions of the NY labor law is considered a misdemeanor and is punishable by fine, imprisonment or both.
Civil penalties will be enforced for each violation of labor law governing the employment of minors with...
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History of the Minimum Wage Law
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The first form of minimum wage law was introduced in 1896, but instead of requiring employers to pay at least a guaranteed minimum wage amount, the law in its infancy only set up arbitration boards to prevent labor strikes. Australia,...
Virginia Labor Laws
Virginia employees may not be protected from overtime violations by Virginia labor laws per se, but they are far from unprotected. Eligible or non-exempt workers are protected by the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) laws which protect every U. S. worker. That begs the question, of course, just who is non-exempt and...
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Fair Labor Act
The Changing Face of the American Workplace: Should You Be Getting Overtime Pay?
Though the concept of protecting the American worker’s right to be paid for all work accomplished on behalf of an employer by way of the Fair Labor Act is fairly simple, the implementation of such an ideal has proven to be complicated.
Enacted...
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