by admin | Dec 7, 2012 | Fair Labor Standards Act, Florida Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage
A study by the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy, Center for Labor Research and Studies at Florida International University entitled “Wage Theft: An Economic Drain on Florida” found wage theft to be a growing and widespread problem in Florida. The Study...
by admin | Jan 17, 2012 | Fair Labor Standards Act
The Department of Labor has proposed a new rule that would extend minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers. Currently, home care workers are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act because these workers are considered “companions.” Advocates for a...
by admin | Jan 10, 2012 | Fair Labor Standards Act, Florida Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage, Tipped Employees
Some employers try to deduct money from employee wages to cover their overhead, which the employer should be responsible for paying. For example, a business may try to deduct money from a server’s tips for such expenses as uniforms, register shortages, walk-outs,...
by admin | Nov 11, 2010 | Fair Labor Standards Act, Minimum Wage, Tipped Employees
A former server at South Florida Barbeque, Inc., doing business as Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q, has filed a case in court seeking to bring a class action for alleged tip theft. Like many restaurants, Sonny’s takes a “tip credit,” and pays its servers $3.02 less than the...
by admin | Sep 10, 2010 | Fair Labor Standards Act, Minimum Wage, Overtime
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed down a decision, Polycarpe v. E&S Landscaping Services, Inc., which rejected the argument by several employers that they were not a covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as an enterprise because their...
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