New Law Follows Prior Court Ruling Favoring Employees and Opposing Misclassification.
California’s Governor signed into law AB 5 which goes into effect on January 1, 2020 and adds the ABC test to the California Labor Code. This is another important...
In California expenses reimbursement claims are a common wage and hour violation. The general reimbursement law is contained in California Labor Code Section 2802, which states: “An employer shall indemnify his or her employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of his or her duties,...
Effective July 1, 2019 (August 1, 2019, for certain criminal penalties), Minnesota’s recently enacted Wage Theft Law provides workers in the state with greater protections of their hard-earned overtime pay and other wages. This is a major step towards deterring unethical and illegal pay practices...
It’s the height of hurricane season again. With reconstruction still going on in Texas post-Harvey and in Puerto Rico post-Irma and Maria, Hawaii having already been impacted by storm damage, and North Carolina and South Carolina...
If you work at multiple locations and do not get paid overtime based on the combined total hours worked, your employer is likely violating the law...and owes you back overtime pay.
The courthouse doors are closing on employees’ right to file overtime pay lawsuits (and all other types of claims) in an actual court in front of a real judge. The Supreme Court has recently given the green light and employers are rushing to implement mandatory arbitration policies...
If your employer did not provide a pay stub each time you got paid or provided one with little information, your employer was likely violating New York State law...and may owe you $5,000.
What Basic Information Is Required on All New York Pay Stubs?Q: I RECEIVED A 1099 FROM MY EMPLOYER BECAUSE THEY SAY I AM AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. THE TAXES I NOW OWE ARE A SHOCK, AND...
Under Pennsylvania labor laws, overtime pay of at least 1 ½ times the employee’s regular wage rate must be paid for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
In Pennsylvania, state law overrides certain federal overtime pay laws which are less favorable to workers.
