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Let’s start with the basic premise most discriminatory employers don’t just discriminate once. Discrimination typically comes from an employer’s belief structure that nothing it does is ever wrong or that it simply will not get caught. This usually results in an...
In Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., No. 21-328, 2022 WL 1611788, at *1 (U.S. May 23, 2022), the United States Supreme Court just dealt another blow to employers’ use of arbitration agreements. As regular readers of our blog know, our employee’s rights attorneys hate...
Recently, our wage and hour attorneys have addressed the rights of servers in restaurants to receive minimum wage and how the tip credit works with overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). (Best Law Read: How Does A Tip Credit Work?). Our...
Recently, Oxfam America, which is a confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations, released a studying that showed that while 32 percent of workers in the United States earn less than $15 per hour, that number is even worse for Black workers. Specifically,...
Best Employment Lawyer Answer: Our pay rights lawyers recently blogged about the protections that employees have for reporting wage and hour violations on their jobs. (Best Law Read: Am I Protected After Reporting Wage Theft Under The FLSA?). As our wage theft...
Can I sue the company that I work for if I’m not paid for all of my hours? Best Wage Theft Attorney Answer: Probably – a lot depends on the facts of each case. Employees may be able to assert claims under state contract and equity laws, as well as various state labor...
Before understanding the ins and outs of tip credits and pay violations for tipped-wage employees, lets start with the basics. The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires employers to pay employees a minimum wage for all work performed in a workweek. 29 U.S.C. §...
One of my daughter’s favorite things about going to Costco is the free samples. (I have to admit that I enjoy it too). Most people don’t realize that people giving samples don’t work for Costco – unless you try to ask them where some product that is unrelated to the...
It is very rare that defense attorneys share their total fees and costs publicly. Indeed, you will not likely find many defense attorneys promoting the total cost of defense, which is likely because a quicker settlement is typically cheaper, less intrusive into...
Managers, bosses, supervisors and even the owners of the companies that you work for can engage in some pretty horrible conduct. Depending on the nature of the conduct and the laws that are involved, it can be very complicated to figure out what course of action, if...