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Lawsuit: Apple Failed to Include the Value of Stock Awards When Calculating Overtime

A recently filed lawsuit accuses Apple of failing to include the value of restricted stock awards (RSUs) when calculating the overtime pay rate for its hourly employees. Companies must include all compensation when determining such rates, and they can be held liable for violating overtime laws if they don’t. If your employer...

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Court Approves $8 Million Overtime Settlement for Google Hourly Employees

A lawsuit accused Google of failing to correctly calculate its hourly employees’ overtime pay by excluding the value of vested restricted stock units and sign-on bonuses. Now, a settlement worth $8.369 million has been reached to compensate those workers. We take a look at what Google did wrong and what employees need...

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General Contractors are on the Hook When Subcontractors Don’t Pay Workers

States are increasingly taking steps to impose joint and several liability on general contractors in cases in which project subcontractors fail to pay their workers what they are owed. This effectively puts contractors on the hook when their subcontractors do not pay their employees proper overtime or other compensation.

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Greenfield Care Home Ordered to Pay Workers $2.4 Million in Overtime After Splitting Pay Across Two Companies

Some employers are quite creative in the lengths they go to avoid paying their employees overtime. One frequently used method is to split hours across multiple legal entities (e.g. corporations), improperly diluting the number of hours that employees work. Such was the case with ComForCare Home Care in Pennsylvania, which was recently...

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Amendments to the Illinois One Day Rest in Seven Act and the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance

Illinois has adopted some of the most generous laws regarding employees’ wages and labor rights. As with many municipalities across the country, Chicago has enacted even stronger ordinances in these areas. Recent changes affecting employees’ days off from work, meal breaks, and other important protections have gone into...

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Supreme Court Ruling Confirms Day Rate Workers’ Eligibility for Overtime

The question of whether day rate workers are entitled to overtime has finally been answered in the affirmative by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court recently handed down a decision that makes it clear that day rate workers are not exempt from overtime rules, even if they are highly compensated. This decision...

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$503K in Back Wages, Damages for Workers Misclassified as Independent Contractors

It is unfortunately common for employers to misclassify their employees as independent contractors. Not only does this violate the employees’ rights to overtime and other legal protections, but this abuse also corrupts the true independent contracting system. As one Panama City Beach, Florida hotel...

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