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Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), if an employer requires to be somewhere or do something, they must pay the employees for the entire time – even if that time is spent waiting to work. Lucca Freezer & Cold Storage did not follow this requirement and has...
To help sort out the well-qualified job applicants from the not-so well-qualified applicants, many employers now require applicants to submit a list of employment references with their application materials. As the employment attorneys at Spitz, The Employee’s Law...
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), if an employer requires to be somewhere or do something, they must pay the employees for the entire time – even if that time is spent waiting to work. Lucca Freezer & Cold Storage did not follow this requirement and has...
The Fair Labor Standards Act provides several exceptions to the general rule that if an employee works over 40 hours in a work week, then the employee is entitled to overtime compensation. Among the lesser known exemptions is the Equity Interest Exemption, which...
There are many times that employees want to quit and think that they will have a legal claim against the employer when they do. But, our employment attorneys strongly recommend consulting an attorney before taking any action, especially since we offer free initial...
To prove a case of discrimination (race, gender, age, national origin, etc.) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or Ohio’s R.C. § 4112.99, an employee must show an adverse employment action. The adverse action need not result in pecuniary loss, but must...
One of the worst arguments that our employment lawyers hear from employer-side attorneys is as follows: “Because there is not enough evidence to support a sexually hostile work environment, all the claims go away, even the retaliation claims.” Or, something like:...
One of our wage and hour attorneys recently was asked by a third shift employee about the legal requirements to pay night shift employees a higher wage. Unfortunately, although many employers chose to pay higher wages through a “shift differential” to second or third...
As the attorneys at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm know, many employers commonly misclassify employees as “exempt” from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). “Exempt” means that the overtime provisions of the FLSA do not apply to you. One of...
It starts off like any good joke, two racist pigs walk into a Waffle House… They make racist comments and harass staff based on race. The employees turn to management for help, and the manager is left with the question: What should I do? Well, here are a few choices:...