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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...

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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...

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Regardless of which industry you work in, there’s a chance your employer will fail to pay you the overtime wages that the law entitles you to be paid. Such was the case recently for 599 home healthcare workers in Texas and Louisiana. Cases like these...

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A lawsuit that is seeking class action status accuses Peloton of cheating field specialists out of overtime pay for time that was worked during unpaid meal breaks. The case serves as another reminder of the fact that many employers abuse meal periods to cheat their...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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It is unfortunately common for employers to misclassify their employees as independent contractors. Between 10-30% of US employers are misclassifying their workers, with numerous state-level studies showing that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. The...

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Holding dishonest businesses accountable for refusing to pay overtime is only half the battle. In a recent case involving a Tempe, Arizona-based construction contractor, the government has won its judgment but is still trying to locate workers who were cheated out of what they earned....

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Bounced payroll checks are bad enough. Distributing worthless checks is a denial of a worker's right to their wages and can easily land an employer in hot water. But for three related New Orleans construction companies, the payroll issue uncovered a much more widespread problem...

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