by admin | May 18, 2016 | Fair Labor Standards Act, Florida Minimum Wage, Overtime
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized a new overtime wage rule that requires employers to pay overtime wages to employees making less than $913 per week or $47,476 per year. Employers would have to pay such employees time-and-a-half their...
by admin | Jul 9, 2015 | Fair Labor Standards Act, Overtime
Under a new United States Department of Labor (DOL) proposal to expand overtime wage protection, anyone making an annual salary of less than $50,440 automatically would be guaranteed overtime pay for hours worked over forty in a workweek. The overtime law requires...
by admin | Jul 7, 2015 | Fair Labor Standards Act, Florida Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Tipped Employees
Many nail salons commit wage theft violations by not paying manicurist at least the minimum wage for hours worked, and by making illegal deductions from customer tips or wages. (“The Price of Nails” New York Times, 5/7/15). Manicure industry wage theft is common....
by admin | Dec 31, 2014 | Florida Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage, Tipped Employees
Effective January 1, 2015, the Florida minimum wage will increase from $7.93 to $8.05 per hour. The increase is required by a Florida constitutional amendment establishing a minimum wage for the state, and requiring that the minimum wage be adjusted based on inflation...
by admin | Jan 23, 2014 | Fair Labor Standards Act, Minimum Wage, Tipped Employees
A court has determined that exotic dancers who performed at Rick’s Cabaret, an adult nightclub in New York, were employees covered by federal and state wage laws. A class action consisting of strippers sued the night club where they worked for unpaid minimum wages...
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