flsa overtime law Archives | The Lore Law Firm - National Overtime and Wage & Hour Lawyer

The Evolving Workplace: Exempt and Non-Exempt Employees 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...

| April 1, 2011

California Exempt Employees

What is a California Exempt Employee? California exempt employees are workers who meet California’s strict requirements for exempt employees, which means that they are not eligible for overtime pay under either the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or under California legislation. Because California’s labor...

| January 3, 2011

Common Wage and Hour Law Violations

What is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)? Wage and hour laws have been put in place on a federal and state level to protect the rights of employees in the workforce. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal standard which sets the...

| January 3, 2011

Overtime Lawsuit

A Change in your Job Duties May Change your Overtime Exemption Status An overtime lawsuit is often a class action suit in which a group of employees sue their employer for violations of federal and state overtime laws. These kinds of lawsuits regarding overtime are...

| January 2, 2011

History of the Minimum Wage Law

1896 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, New Zealand, the United...

| January 2, 2011

FLSA Overtime Rules

In spite of the FLSA Overtime rules, each year employees are cheated out of their overtime pay by their employers. While some companies may unknowingly keep from paying an employee the overtime pay that they are due some companies intentionally do not pay their employees the...

| January 1, 2011

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...

| December 29, 2010

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