FLSA Overtime and Unpaid Wages: Failure to Pay Employees for Work Performed...
The law requires that employees be paid for all time they perform work for an employer. When employees are required to sign on to a work computer before traveling to work to undertake administrative...
View ArticleUnpaid Wages & Overtime Pay: Employees Must be Paid for Pre & Post Shift Work
Employees must pay wages to employees when employees begin any work activity which starts the work day and for all work performed through the end of the work day. When an employee’s work day involves...
View ArticleEmployees Who Work Off the Clock, While on Supposed Breaks, or Who Are Forced...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has affirmed a $151 million damage award to employees of Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores in Pennsylvania who worked off the clock, when they were supposed to be on break,...
View ArticleEmployee Wages: Employer’s Tip Sharing Plans Are Not Always Legal
Restaurants frequently use a tip pooling system. When the system results in employees not receiving at least the minimum wage, or when employees who do not interact with customers are part of the tip...
View Article$2.1 Million in Overtime Pay & Liquidated Damages to Employees
Companies often use temporary staffing services to address seasonal staffing needs. While this need may be legitimate, the use of a staffing firm does not absolve the employer from liability for unpaid...
View ArticleEmployers Must Pay Employees for Break Times of 20 Minutes or Less
Whether or not an employer must pay an employee who is on a break during a work day often creates much confusion. Employers subject to jurisdiction under the Fair Labor Standards Act who do not follow...
View ArticleFailure to Fully Pay Employees for Work Before Entering Production Area...
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the term “donning and doffing” is used to refer to the practice of putting on (donning) and taking off (doffing) protective gear, clothing and uniforms and...
View ArticleTruck Drivers Entitled to Overtime Pay – No Interstate Commerce Found
In Mazzarella v. Fast Rig Support, LLC, May 23, 2016 – no. 15-3116), the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit considered whether employees who were employed as truck drivers and often...
View ArticleRestaurant Worker Who Works More than 40 Hours Per Week is Entitled to...
Absent an applicable exemption, all of which are narrowly construed, the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (“PMWA”) require that employers pay an employee...
View ArticleEmployees Entitled to Overtime Pay for Time Spent Putting on Uniforms &...
Employees may have substantial claims for unpaid overtime when employees are not paid for time spent at the place of employment to prepare for and end the work day (known as “donning and doffing”) when...
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