A recent judicial decision has marked a significant development in New York's employment law concerning late wage payments. This ruling opens the door for employees to hire their own lawyers to seek legal recourse when their paychecks are not provided in a timely manner. For employers, this serves as a critical...
The Covid-19 pandemic served as a stark reminder of how being sick can turn a person’s world upside down. California’s sick pay law attempts to mitigate this problem by protecting employees who are unable to work due to illness. Now, a lawsuit against a hospice provider is putting that law to the...
A Glendale, Arizona plastering business has been ordered to pay more than $700,000 in back wages and damages to 470 employees. The order stems from a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigation into the company’s piece-rate pay practices. It’s a case that demonstrates the lengths that many employers will go...
Two North Carolina home care employers failed to pay their employees the correct amount of overtime. Now, those businesses have been held accountable for back wages and damages in excess of $380,000. The Department of Labor (DOL) investigation and subsequent decision is another sad chapter in the ongoing story of...
Many workers are unfortunately denied their hard-earned money because their employers fail to pay them for all hours worked. This was the case recently with a home healthcare provider in Illinois. The employer was ordered to pay over $1.1 million in back wages and damages because it did not compensate...
As of April 1, 2023, Los Angeles retail businesses (including franchises) that employ at least 300 people will need to comply with a recently passed Fair Work Week Ordinance. The city joins other places across the country that have enacted similar laws aimed at providing fair notice to employees of their...
When employers cheat their employees out of their hard-earned money, the dollars add up. A recent study confirmed this by finding that workers in North Carolina alone are owed over $3.6 billion in unpaid overtime. There are a number of reasons employers engage in wage theft, and the practice is prevalent...
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.
Compliance with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is critical, but it sometimes causes employers to forget their obligations under state laws concerning overtime and other wage rules. Often, state regulations are stricter and more favorable to employees compared to their federal counterparts. The recent changes to...
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...
