Wage and Hour Claims
$4.2M Settlement in Wage and Hour Lawsuit
Financial services group Morgan Stanley has reached a nearly $5M settlement with its client services group concerning its alleged failure to pay workers overtime compensation. According to reports, the class action wage and hour lawsuit was filed on behalf of more than 800 current and former client associates. The associates were non-exempt employees, and hence…
Read MoreWage and Hour Lawsuits May Affect Tipped Employee Compensation
Two wage and hour lawsuits are making their way through the court system that could have a large impact on how tipped employees are paid. Pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employers may pay certain types of workers (such as waiters and waitresses) less than minimum wage. The law presumes that the amount…
Read MoreLinkedIn Settles Wage and Hour Lawsuit
The professional networking site LinkedIn has just agreed to pay $6 million in back wages and damages in a wage and hour lawsuit. More than 350 current and former employees sued the company alleging that it failed to pay workers the overtime compensation they deserved. According to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), all non-exempt…
Read MoreCostly Wage And Hour Mistakes
A recent article looked at the top wage and hour mistakes employers make when paying employees. These mistakes may constitute costly Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violation and entitle you to back wages and damages. If you believe that your employer has been committing one of these errors and has unfairly deprived you of wages,…
Read MoreSchool Bus Company Settles Wage and Hour Lawsuit with Drivers for $1.6M
A school bus company – First Student, Inc. – has just agreed to settle a wage and hour class action lawsuit brought by its drivers based on alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). According to the lawsuit, the bus drivers were illegally denied pay they deserve for maintenance duties performed both before…
Read MoreRetaliation For Complaining About Misclassification May Violate The FLSA
One of the goals of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is to provide minimum protections to workers, such as minimum wage and overtime pay. In order to ensure that the workers can assert their rights, the FLSA also protects them from retaliation. “Retaliation” refers to actions taken by your employer that negatively affect your…
Read More“Unpaid” Summer Internships May Violate Federal Labor Laws
With the summer approaching, many college students seek out internships. Frequently these are “unpaid,” with the intended purpose that the student gain necessary experience in order to later obtain a paying job in his or her field of interest. However, stringent rules define just when an employer must pay an intern. The failure to follow…
Read MoreWage Laws and Tipped Workers – What Are Your Rights?
Several sources have reported that wage and hour lawsuits are on the rise, often as the result of violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and/or state labor laws. Many times, these lawsuits arise concerning how “tipped workers” such as wait staff, bartenders and others who depend on tips as a portion of their…
Read MoreOvertime Compensation And Sleeping On The Job
A recent overtime lawsuit raised an interesting question – what employment laws apply when workers are required to “sleep on the job”? The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides workers many protections, including requiring that workers be paid at least minimum wage and that non-exempt workers be compensated at a rate of one and one-half…
Read MorePresident Obama Seeks To Amend FLSA
President Barack Obama has just released a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to “propose revisions to modernize and streamline the existing overtime regulations” aimed at revising the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The FLSA, enacted in 1938 was designed to provide workers necessary labor protections such as minimum wage and overtime pay.…
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