Overtime – General

Following charges that the San Francisco Giants failed to pay 74 clubhouse and administrative employees all the compensation they were entitled to, the team has agreed to pay nearly $545,000 in back wages and damages. The 74 clubhouse and administrative employees accused the ball club of violating Federal labor pay – the Fair Labor Standards…

A recently federal wage and hour lawsuit was filed on behalf of a strip club dancer against The New Dollhouse, formerly the Crazy Horse, alleging violations of minimum wage and overtime compensation laws. According to the lawsuit, the club treats the dancers as independent contractors, and not paid employees. The suit further alleges: “Over the…

Determining whether a worker is exempt v. non-exempt is one of the more crucial decisions employers can make. If a worker is categorized as “non-exempt” the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides that that employee must be paid overtime for all hours workers in excess of 40 hours in any workweek. Overtime pay is typically…

One of the more difficult questions in employment law – and one that gets employers in a lot of trouble – is are you an employee or an independent contractor? Recently, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that a Florida District Court was wrong when it decided that a group of cable, Internet and…

Summer is nearly here and with the season comes an annual influx of students looking for internships. Before you take a job as an intern – either paid or unpaid – it’s critical to understand the laws affecting these positions. If you should be getting paid for your work but aren’t, your employer may be…

House republicans are set to consider legislation that may weaken your right to overtime compensation under federal law. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is one of the oldest federal labor laws, setting forth certain minimum wage and overtime standards applicable to virtually all U.S. employers. The FLSA provides that all non-exempt employees are entitled…

A hotly contested topic around the country is whether workers should be paid for time spent changing their clothes. A failure to pay an employee for all of the time-spent working may be a violation of the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the FLSA, employers must pay all non-exempt workers for all time-spent working,…

The combination of the sluggish economy and advances in technology has led to an increase in the number of “start-ups” – new entrepreneurial ventures that are often started with little capital. Start-ups face certain unique employment law issues. Even though they may start out too small to be regulated by all state or federal labor…

What happens if you are scheduled to work and a hurricane strikes, or your office building floods, or the weather prevents you from getting to work? Are you entitled to be paid when a natural disaster keeps you from putting in the hours planned? A lot of that depends on whether you are considered an…