Earlier this month, the Virginia Overtime Wage Act (VOWA) went into effect. The new law resembles the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in that it requires employers to pay employees an overtime rate of 1.5 times their regular rate for all hours worked in...
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Is Time Spent Putting on PPE Compensable Under the Fair Labor Standards Act?
We previously blogged about the dangers of not paying hourly employees for time spent waiting in line to have their temperatures taken. Employees are now facing similar issues related to time spent putting on, and taking off, mandatory PPE. Recently, two former...
Teleworking? Your Employer Must Pay You For All Overtime Worked
As more employees work from home during the Coronavirus epidemic, it can be harder for employers to tell if an employee is working unpaid overtime. Nevertheless, you are legally entitled to be paid for every single hour you work. Your employer must pay you for...
New Jersey Fines Uber $649 Million For Employee Misclassification
For the so-called "gig economy" to be profitable, it relies on one fundamental idea. The workers who perform the gigs are not employees of the company but independent contractors. In theory, being an independent contractor can allow someone to pick up small tasks to...
Are Your Employees Checking Their Email At Home? Be Careful.
Whether surfing the web on their smartphones or checking their email on their laptops, people today are more connected than ever. But, while these devices have certainly made life much easier in many respects, they have also helped blur the lines when it comes to...
DOL Policy Makes It Simpler For Employers To Claim Tip Credit
Some employees customarily receive tips, but those tips aren't always in addition to the worker's wage. Many tipped workers are minimum-wage earners, and the law allows some of those tips to be counted toward ensuring they earn that minimum wage. For example, the...
Employees Not Paid For Work May Be Entitled To Three Times More
Whether you are an employee or employer, no one likes the idea of layoffs. But regardless of which side you may fall on, it is important to remember that Maryland law specifically outlines how -- and when -- a terminated employee must be paid. In fact, Maryland law...
Ocean City Restaurants Sued for Unpaid Wages
The popular restaurant, Harpoon Hanna's, located just across the Delaware line next to Ocean City, Maryland, has been sued for failure to pay proper wages to a tipped employee. Within the last year, a number of popular Ocean City restaurants have been sued by...
Overtime for Out-of-Office Emails?
Chicago police officers sued in Federal Court requesting unpaid overtime for off-duty work done on their BlackBerry phones. In a recent Opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that while the BlackBerry work would have been compensable...
Are Emotional Distress Damages Available in Retaliation Cases?
Another federal appeals court has held that employees who have faced illegal retaliation at work are eligible to recover damages for emotional distress under the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA). The FLSA governs wage and hour laws, such as overtime and minimum wage,...