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...
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 | Jan 10, 2012 | Minimum Wage, Tipped Employees
On January 1, 2012, the Florida minimum wage increased by 36 cents to $7.67 per hour. In 2011, the Florida minimum wage was $7.25 until June 2011 when it increased to $7.31. The 2012 increase is equivalent to an extra $14.40 per week for an employee who works 40 hours...
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...
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