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Overtime, Wage and Hour Attorney Answers: “Should I get paid for safety work before or after my shift?” “Does my boss have to pay me overtime?” “I am being paid right?” The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires that employers pay their employees at a rate equal...
Employment Attorney Answers: "Can I be fired for posting on Facebook?", "Can my boss monitor my Facebook page or other social media?" The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s granting of summary judgment for an...
Attorney Answers: "Am I entitled to overtime pay for waiting in line to start my job?" "Should my job be paying me to put on put on protective equipment?" As our wage and hour lawyers have blogged in the past, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), employers...
Likely unknown to most individuals, the Affordable Care Act not only changed employees’ rights regarding access to health insurance, but has also given them added rights and protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Here are a few examples:...
Sometimes our judicial system gives us legal outcomes that just make you laugh…or cry, depending on your point of view. This case illustrates one such example. About two years ago, activists who were part of the Occupy movement at the University of California, were...
An employee recently posted this question to our wage and hour attorneys: “As an in-home caregiver, should I be getting paid overtime and/or minimum wage?” The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires that employers pay their employees at a rate equal to or greater...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires that employers pay all employees, with few exceptions, at a rate equal to or greater than the federal minimum wage. Additionally, the FLSA requires employers to pay most employees time-and-a-half for any hours worked...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires that employers pay their employees at a rate equal to or greater than the federal minimum wage. Additionally, the FLSA requires employers to pay most employees time-and-a-half for any hours worked beyond 40 hours per...
Agilysys, a California software company, thought it could avoid paying its employees overtime by incorrectly classifying them as exempt. The employees disagreed with Agilysys, called qualified wage and hour lawyers, and filed suit. In Jones et al v. Agilysys, Inc....
We got a call from a potential client a few weeks back. Without going into the specifics of the case, there was clear discrimination that lead to a wrongful termination. As our employment discrimination lawyers do with ever potential client, we spend a lot of time...