OVERTIME VIOLATIONS Unless you are specifically classified as an “exempt” worker, your employer must pay you overtime wages for any hours you work over 40 hours in a workweek (see this prior blog entry). Your employer must pay overtime wages at a rate of at least one and one-half times
No matter what, people have to eat. And restaurant employees will always be there to serve them. There are over 7 million people employed in restaurants in the United States, a large percentage of whom work in fast food establishments. These jobs are often very transient, and the fact is
I. Misclassification as Exempt Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) some employees are exempt from receiving (or are not entitled to) overtime pay. However, unless you qualify for one of the overtime exemptions, it is likely your employer should be paying you one-and-one half times your regular rate
The ruling issued by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit against John Catsimatidis is an eye-opener to employers and business owners across the US. By holding Gristedes Supermarket owner, John Catsimatidis, personally liable for a Fair Labor Standards Act class action suit, the Court fundamentally redefined the
In March, 2013 Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that “there is nothing in the [Fair Labor Standards (“FLSA”)] that would allow us to conclude that undocumented aliens, although protected by the Act, are nevertheless barred from recovering unpaid wages thereunder.” Lamonica v. Safe Hurricane Shutters, Inc. An undocumented alien’s
