New Overtime Rules. Did it affect your paycheck?
In the coming months, millions of employees around the country could learn that they will become newly eligible for overtime pay due to a change in federal rules. Continue Reading
Source One Staffing to Pay $800,000 to Settle Discrimination Claims
Source One Staffing to Pay $800,000 to Settle Multiple EEOC Discrimination Claims Among Many Violations, Chicago-Area Staffing Company Assigned Temporary Employees To Clients on the Basis of Sex, Federal Continue Reading
70% of employers may not be paying overtime when earned
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reports that approximately 70% of employers are out of compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) classification requirements. The FLSA requires that Continue Reading
Federal agency suing Ames restaurants for unpaid wages
By Melissa Erickson, Associate Editor merickson@amestrib.com The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the owners of Mongolian Buffet and the now-closed King Buffet Continue Reading
Restaurant manager sues boss for workplace discrimination
April 27, 2015 5:10 PM By LOCAL LABS NEWS SERVICE A local man brought a lawsuit against an Orleans Parish business for alleged employment discrimination in 2014. Joseph Trotta Continue Reading
Overtime rule changes could mean more money for ‘managers’
By Mike Dorning, Bloomberg News April 22, 2015 WASHINGTON —— President Barack Obama is preparing to do what the U.S. economic recovery has been slow to accomplish: raise the wages Continue Reading
Jury awards woman more than $13 million in employment discrimination lawsuit
Federal jury awards woman more than $13 million in employment discrimination lawsuit By JOE MANDAK Associated Press. First Posted: April 20, 2015 – 4:13 pm. Last Updated: April 20, 2015 – 4:17 pm Continue Reading
Saipan dive shop to pay for overtime violation
Saipan dive shop pays workers $20,000 in overtime back wages (U.S. Department of Labor) — Seashore Saipan, a CNMI company that provides diving tours and dive instruction activities, Continue Reading
Company agrees to pay $280K in overtime
From San Jose Mercury News: SANTA CLARA – A Santa Clara manufacturing company must pay more than $280,000 in unpaid overtime and civil damages to 38 current and Continue Reading
Planet Fitness Franchisee Settles Discrimination Lawsuit
Owners of the Planet Fitness Ewing (NJ), aka New England Fitness Ewing Inc., agreed yesterday to pay $25,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by a former employee, according to Continue Reading