The Department of Labor enforces wage & hour laws in the United States but pay isn’t the only thing covered. States and municipalities often have their own laws that supplement federal law. In this article, we cover minimum wage for hourly and tipped employees, minimum work age and other ...
Wage and Hour Laws: Texas adheres to the federal minimum wage and overtime standards, while providing no specific state laws regarding break periods or meal times. Vacation, Sick, and Time Off: Employers are not required to provide paid time off, but must honor their employment contracts or ...
Fair Labor Law is a law firm dedicated to enforcing workers’ rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act—the federal law that guarantees overtime pay and minimum wages—together with other state and federal wage laws. Are you not being paid overtime and suspect you may have been misclassified...
Some states, including Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas, grant “substantial deference” to state agency interpretations of ambiguous state laws, sometimes expressly endorsing theChevronapproach. In these states,Chevron-like deference likely would still apply to state-issued regulations....
Beginning in 2019, Santa Clara County launched its own Office of Labor Standards Enforcement, and the county began revoking the food permits for restaurants that don't comply with wage and hour laws. "A core part of the county's responsibility is ensuring that restaurants operate in a safe ...
Laws creating new employer obligations, technology solutions making work more efficient and more complicated, and rules governing the resolution of disputes between employers and their workers are around every corner. Wage and Hour Around the Corner is a new blog series for employers, in-house ...
In the meantime, many states’ wage and hour laws will continue to provide more protections for tipped employees than the current federal laws. If you believe that your employer is not paying you in compliance with applicable federal and state laws, contact Andrew Frisch for a free consultation...
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9 new laws will go into effect beginning in July Bank of America is closing in on its objective of paying its U.S. workers a minimum of $25 an hour by 2025, increasing its base wage to within a buck of that goal starting in October. ...
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