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Wages & Hours

New York raises minimum wage and enacts paid family leave

05/09/2016
New York has moved forward with a new, higher minimum wage and paid family leave.

WHD snags nail salons for wage violations

05/09/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division settled Fair Labor Standards Act violations with two New York City nail salons.

Yonkers diner to serve up back pay for FLSA violations

05/09/2016
Diner will pay $101,467 in back wages to employees.

Senate picks Equal Pay Day to vote down equal pay legislation

04/22/2016
The U.S. Senate observed Equal Pay Day, April 12, by declining to advance two bills that would have expanded the Equal Pay Act (EPA) and protected employees who discuss pay.

WHD crushes SoCal recycler with double damages

04/22/2016
An Orange County recycler will pay 15 workers $200,378 in back wages and damages after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation uncovered numerous Fair Labor Standard Act violations.

Did ‘no policy’ policy force off-the-clock work?

04/21/2016
A federal court has rejected a novel employee argument that an employer’s lofty sales goals and lean staffing amounted to a silent policy that required off-the-clock work.

U.S. Women’s Soccer: Equal Pay for better play

04/11/2016
The World Champion U.S. Women’s Soccer Team filed an EEOC complaint March 31 demanding to be paid the same as members of the U.S. Men’s National Team and drawing mainstream attention to the Equal Pay Act.

Supreme Court turns down Walmart class-action case

04/06/2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 4 declined to hear an appeal of a class-action lawsuit alleging that Walmart underpaid almost 200,000 Pennsylvania employees between 1998 and 2006.

California, New York set $15 minimum wage

04/05/2016
Governors of California and New York both sign legislation Monday mandating the wage hikes.

OT claim requires some proof of hours worked

04/01/2016
Suing for unpaid overtime? You have to present at least some evidence that you worked the hours you claim.