Category: Payment Disputes

  • What You Need to Know About the Overtime Rule Injunction

    What You Need to Know About the Overtime Rule Injunction

    Recently, a federal judge ordered an injunction to halt the implementation of the new regulations on overtime. This could mean changes for you and your employer. On November 22, 2016, Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ordered a nationwide injunction that temporarily halted the implementation of…

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  • How to File an FLSA Unpaid Overtime Claim in Tampa

    How to File an FLSA Unpaid Overtime Claim in Tampa

    Cases of unpaid wages will very likely rise later this year, after a recent Department of Labor (DOL) rule changed the minimum requirements for overtime exemption. Florida employees — brace yourselves for changes which may mean that you are entitled to overtime pay even if you were previously exempt from the overtime provisions of the…

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  • Share Your Wage and Non-Compete Horror Stories with the White House

    Share Your Wage and Non-Compete Horror Stories with the White House

    Now’s your chance to take a bad situation, and turn it into something positive. If you have a wage or non-compete agreement nightmare, the White House has invited you to share your story with the nation. The White House is asking employees to share their non-compete (NCC) and wage collusion horror stories to help develop…

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  • A Low Minimum Wage Good For Florida? Hold Up Rick Scott — What’s this all About?

    A Low Minimum Wage Good For Florida? Hold Up Rick Scott — What’s this all About?

    Florida’s governor Rick Scott made an appearance in California last month, where he invited business to migrate to Florida and escape minimum wage hikes. His selling point according to the Miami Herald was as follows, “Why are you paying your workers $10 an hour? Floridians will work dirt cheap!”. Governor of Florida, Rick Scott, traveled…

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  • Millions of Americans Now Eligible for Overtime Pay

    Millions of Americans Now Eligible for Overtime Pay

    More hours worked greater economic reward right? The latest action by the Department of Labor (DOL) says, yes, as eligibility for overtime pay is expanding to include millions of U.S. workers who were previously “exempt” from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. This rule will now make more Americans eligible for overtime…

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  • Changes to EEOC Reform Act Proposed for Federal Contractors and Private Employees

    Changes to EEOC Reform Act Proposed for Federal Contractors and Private Employees

    Will the EEOC Reform Act protect more employees from wage discrimination? A Senate bill was introduced in March to amend the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Reform Act. The EEOC Reform Act was first introduced in an attempt to collect pay data from employers and reduce the occurrence of wage inequalities and unlawful discrimination. In light…

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  • Former Caretaker Files Unpaid Wage Claim Against Betty White

    Former Caretaker Files Unpaid Wage Claim Against Betty White

    Betty White has always been a classy actress with an untarnished reputation, until now. She’s is a “Golden Girl”, after all. But wage and hour violations do not play favorites or discriminate. At 94 years old, Betty White is being sued by her former caretaker over a wage and hour dispute. Anita Maynard, White’s caretaker,…

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  • Minimum Wage vs. Living Wage: The Age of the Wage Gap and Wage Theft

    Minimum Wage vs. Living Wage: The Age of the Wage Gap and Wage Theft

    What’s the difference between the United States’ minimum wage vs. living wage? The “living wage” was introduced as an unenforced standard for employers in the United Kingdom. It will be raised in the UK starting this April, and is often referred to in political discussions and elsewhere suggesting that America needs to set its own…

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  • Employee Misclassification, Overtime Exemption and the Future of FLSA Cases in 2016

    Employee Misclassification, Overtime Exemption and the Future of FLSA Cases in 2016

    Top FLSA Cases and Employment Law Updates to Watch in 2016 The year 2015 was ground-breaking for the Fair Labor Standards Act — the federal law that governs, among other things, minimum wage and overtime — and employment law in general. Employee misclassification and overtime exemptions are just two of the topics that promise to…

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  • Three Reasons Why You Didn’t Get Workers’ Comp

    Three Reasons Why You Didn’t Get Workers’ Comp

    What excludes you from workers’ compensation? There are several reasons you may be denied workers’ compensation. Some of the most common claims in the workplace leave employees confused about the proper course of action. When it comes to workers’ compensation benefits, an employee must take the course of action outlined by the employer’s company policy.…

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