The Fair Labor Standard Act is not a good law because employers have zero hope in complying with it. I know this fact is true because I just...

If you want to learn about a government's priorities, trace the money.  President Biden's proposed federal budget for FY 2025 contai...

I ❤️ being a lawyer. It presents something new and different each day, with each day offering an opportunity to learn. For example, yesterda...

It's really unfortunate that when Congress, in 1938, enacted the Fair Labor Standards Act it chose the label "administrative" ...

🛑 Employers, for the love of all that is holy, STOP BANNING EMPLOYEES FROM DISCUSSING THEIR WAGES!!! 🛑 A supervisor of subsidiary of Duke...

"Illegal immigrant co-worker got fired for asking about her check."  That's the headline on Reddit . Here's the rest of th...

Consider the following two policies, which restaurants and bars have implemented to save a few nickels against their tight margins:   “Effec...

Last week, Corky & Lenny's, a deli that has been a local institution for the past 67 years, closed its doors . The owners cited staf...

A technician claims her employer owes her pay for time spent traveling to the office to pick up materials on the way to the airport for a fl...

🟩 LEGAL: Disciplining or firing a non-exempt employee who works unauthorized overtime. 🟥 ILLEGAL: Failing to pay a non-exempt employee for...

It's one thing to settle an unpaid overtime claim; it's another entirely to shake down your employees to repay the settlement funds ...

I spent my Saturday night at 8th Day Brewing Company  watching my 17-year-old daughter, Norah, play a killer 3-hour set of music. When we sa...

Q: What is the one thing that your business can do RIGHT NOW to cut your potential FLSA liability in half? A: Hire an employment lawyer to c...

A federal district court judge has ordered the owners and operators of 14 Subway restaurants to pay employees nearly $1 million in back wag...

Empire Diner pays its servers a tipped minimum wage of $2.83, the permissible tipped minimum wage in the state in which it's located, Pe...

In late 2020, Tyson Foods fired seven of its pork processing plant managers after they were caught betting on which of their employees woul...

$1,059 per week. If the Department of Labor gets its wish, that amount will become the new salary threshold for its various white-collar ove...

Tony works at a local brewery as its assistant general manager. In that capacity, he interviews, hires, trains, coaches, disciplines, and fi...

The rounding of an employee's clock-ins and clock-out to the nearest of a specific increment of time is perfectly legal. It's also a...

Let's say you have an employee who works 40 hours per week at the rate of $13.00 per hour. Now let's say that same employee needs to...