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Wenzel Fenton Cabassa, P.A. congratulates one of the firm’s own attorneys who received recognition for excellence in Employment Law. Matthew Fenton was recently named Tampa Employment Law – Individuals “Lawyer of the Year” in 2016 by one of the oldest and well-respected peer-reviewed publications The Best Lawyers in America©. Matthew K. Fenton has been a […]

The Nightmare of Wage Theft Strikes Again on Employee Rights Stonehenge Restoration Company, owned by Sulajman Koci and Witold Matejkowski, has been ordered by the State of New York to pay 21 of its workers a total of $76,429 to settle a lawsuit brought against it alleging wage theft. How does this sort of wage […]

Do you Qualify for Overtime? Find out with New FLSA Regulations The Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standard’s Act’s (FLSA) white collar exemptions. These highly anticipated revisions are fairly significant, and it is estimated that over 5 million (currently exempt) salaried employees will be affected by these changes […]

Sexual Harassment is Considered a Form of Discrimination It is illegal to terminate someone for refusing a manager’s sexual advances. This is a lesson Coastal Motors, Inc., doing business as Savannah Toyota, is only too aware of as they settle with a former employee. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought suit against Savannah […]

What’s the Law? Are You an Independent Contractor or Employee? It’s estimated that by 2020, 40 percent of the U.S. labor force will be freelancing. With freelancing and independent contractor status comes a world of freedoms for the employee, but this might also trigger employment law issues and violations of your rights. According to the […]

What Should LGBT Workers Expect in the Workplace? The year 2015 has been a monumental one for gay rights with large public displays of support. With the United States Supreme Court’s declaration of marriage equality, many pro-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) groups are trying to build momentum to increase rights and legal protections afforded to […]

Implicit bias contributes to workplace discrimination What are implicit biases that cause workplace discrimination cases? Despite workplace training, harassment and discrimination remain problems. In 2014, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received nearly 89,000 charges alleging discrimination against various protected classes, including religion, sex and race. So why is this happening? Why does discrimination […]

Protect Your Employee Rights Before Entering into Arbitration There’s a disturbing trend occurring with employee rights. Employees are signing away their rights to a court hearing in favor of arbitration, largely because they don’t understand the ramifications of doing so. Have you signed away your employee rights? Here’s what that could mean: What is Arbitration? […]

Federal authorities work to curb growing problem of employee misclassification The United States is undergoing a shift in the way business operates. Some call it the rise of the “1099 economy,” named for the tax form freelancers receive. Instead of classifying their workers as traditional “employees,” companies such as Uber, Lyft, and Homejoy have classified […]

Do You Know Your Employee Rights? Whistleblowing is a common theme in Hollywood. While it makes a thrilling story to see the struggle between an employee doing what’s right and an underhanded company, there’s really nothing amusing about retaliatory action against an employee for blowing the whistle on the illegal or dangerous actions of his […]