Despite the 11th hour prevention of a government shutdown last week, the American people are on tenterhooks, still dreading a possible government shutdown next month. Over 2.87 federal employees, and their families, have been worrying about how this affects their pay:...
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CBS NEWS/WJZ Baltimore Reports on Rampant Wage Theft in Maryland
Has your employer ever: Shorted you on a paycheck Bounced a paycheck Kept you on call but never paid you for your on-call time Paid you less than minimum wage Changed your timecard so it appeared you worked fewer hours than you actually did Told you you’re not...
Chick-fil-A Plays Game of Chicken With the FLSA
by Aron Zavaro, Esq. Residents of Hendersonville, North Carolina were taken aback when their local Chick-fil-A made a Facebook post which attempted to recruit workers with the promise of free food in lieu of compensation. The post read: “We are looking for volunteers...
Lessons from The Office: Do Employees Need to Be Paid for Volunteer Work?
In the season 4 episode of The Office titled “Fun Run,” the character of Michael Scott (the Regional Manager of the fictional company Dunder Mifflin Inc., played by Steve Carell), accidentally hits his employee, Meredith, with his car, sending her to the hospital. ...
Investigation: The USPS Has Been Stealing Postal Workers’ Wages
According to an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity (CPI), the U.S. Postal Service has been regularly cheating mail carriers out of their rightful pay. The nonprofit investigative news service discovered federal investigations and private arbitrations...
If You Don’t Keep Time Records, Courts Can Infer The Information
A federal court of appeals has ruled that the Department of Labor can infer workers’ hours from limited information when the employer fails to keep required records. Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), an employer’s lack of record-keeping can be...
Federal Court: 40-Year Newspaper Deliverer Is Legally An Employee
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, certain workers can be considered legally employees even if they were brought on as independent contractors. The main issue for the courts is whether the worker has significant control over the details and performance of the...
Are All Computer Employees Exempt From Overtime Under The FLSA?
No. If you are an employee working in a computer-related occupation such as computer programming, systems analysis or software engineering, you may have been told you are not entitled to overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). That is not...
Should Employers Have To Pay For Post-Shift Security Checks?
An interesting case recently arose in the courts. In 2013, two workers from Apple stores in New York and Los Angeles filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Apple. The claim was that they were not being paid for all the hours they had worked. Apple store...
New Salary Threshold For Overtime Exemption In Effect On Jan. 1
The Department of Labor has issued a new rule on who qualifies as exempt from overtime. Classifying a worker as exempt requires identifying a specific exemption, such as the executive, administrative, learned professional, computer employee or outside sales...