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A news article has just been released noting that the Middle District of Tennessee has accepted two settlements for wage theft on March 9, 2021 for about $1mil between the two of lawsuits. The unpaid wage lawsuits involved M Street and Strategic Hospitality and the plaintiff classes were comprised of waitstaff and bartenders primarily. The […]
Maracas ordered to pay $63,000 for wage violations Maracas, a local Mexican restaurant located here in Nashville is ordered to pay over $63,000 in damages for wage violations. Restaurants are one of the most common wage violation industries, as there is a lot of pressure on management to keep labor costs down and there is […]
There are several quick tips you should follow if you are not being paid for all of your work. Obviously, you should immediately contact a wage and hour attorney even if you are not planning to file a lawsuit yet, and they will give you some best practices. If you can’t meet with an attorney […]
xposted from www.lawonyourschedule.com Autoworkers may be exempt from FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) overtime pay requirements. The FLSA is the law that requires companies to pay you minimum wage and also to pay certain employees overtime. These cases are frequently brought by lawyers to enforce minimum wage and overtime laws as the statute gives the […]
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Many employees sign arbitration agreements when they sign on with a company, or as part of their severance agreements. Arbitration is not always bad and it does not mean you can’t do anything about your employer wronging you or violating the FLSA. You should still contact an attorney, who will then decide whether the matter […]
Something to remember about minimum wage, this is what was said by the President (FDR) before it was signed: “Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, who has been turning his employees over to the Government relief rolls in order to preserve his company’s undistributed reserves, tell you – […]
Some employees enter into employment agreements that include the terms for severance and other benefits. In JIMMY L. HENSLEY V. COCKE FARMER’S COOPERATIVE, Mr. Hensley and Cocke Farmer’s Cooperative entered into a severance agreement in February of 2010 that stated Mr. Hensley would receive a certain amount of severance in certain circumstances, including termination without […]
When I was working in government, it was very common to receive additional vacation time or sick leave for salaried employees who had to work excessive hours on projects. Professionals such as lawyers are exempt from the overtime laws. However, sometimes employers bleed this method of pay onto non-exempt employees inappropriately. Giving hourly workers time […]
The food industry, especially restaurants with tight margins, are notorious for violating the FLSA and other wage and hour laws. You would think that since these companies only have to pay their wait staff $2.13 an hour that they wouldn’t care as much about someone hitting overtime but that is not the case. Waiters and […]