What is a “salary” exactly? Unlike hourly workers, salaried employees typically receive a fixed amount of pay per week that is not tied directly to the number of hours worked or to their productivity. The “salary” is the amount that the worker is generally guaranteed...
Wage: Overtime
It’s Critical To Hire Good Attorneys And Tell Them Everything
The recent case of Bradley v. Dhybrid Systems, LLC, No. 21-4047, 2023 WL 1978683, at *1 (10th Cir. Feb. 14, 2023) provides a cautionary tale to both employers and employees regarding how to properly handle employment law claims and what can happen if you play games....
How Does Suing John Does Work?
Our wage and hour lawyers have addressed the various right that employees have against wage theft under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The FLSA is a federal law that sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and requirements for tipped-wage employees for...
Is Overtime Only For Low And Middle Income Employees?
As the United States Supreme Court made abundantly clear yesterday in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., et al. v. Hewitt, it all comes down to how you are paid. The facts are fairly simple: Hewitt was an offshore oilrig worker who was paid on a day rate basis (so...
There’s $4 Billion In Overtime Wage Theft Every Year – How Much Of That Is Yours
Let’s look at a recent article from CBS News: Companies Save Billions Of Dollars By Giving Employees Fake "Manager" Titles, Study Shows. The article is a summary of a report generated by researchers from the University of Texas and Harvard Business School....
Am I Entitled To Pay For My Time Spent Travelling To Work?
As always when dealing with employment laws, the answer is maybe. It depends on the facts regarding the travel in question. This answer may be less than satisfying, but we can start with the presumption that under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and Ohio Minimum...
Can My Job Retaliate For Pay Violation Complaints?
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is the federal law that requires employers to pay non-exempt employees minimum wage and overtime at time and a half the regular rate. Today, our wage and hour lawyers are going to focus the antiretaliation provision of the FLSA...
Who Can I Sue For Wage Theft On My Job?
Today, our wage and hour lawyers review the recent case of Ocampo v. Brown & Appel, LLC, No. 21-2579-CV, 2022 WL 17684587, at *1 (2d Cir. Dec. 15, 2022), which is an unusual case out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. What makes this...
Professionalism And Reputation Matters
There are a lot of factors that you should consider when selecting an employee’s rights attorney to represent you in your employment discrimination, wrongful termination, or sexual harassment claims against your employer. Our employment law attorneys have discussed...
More Problems If You Hire A Bad Employment Lawyer
In the recently decided case, Dominick v. Mayorkas, 52 F.4th 992 (5th Cir. 2022), Gail Dominick sued her former employer, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for race discrimination and wrongful termination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. She...