Wages & Hours

MTA rank and file sign contract

06/09/2014

A new contract grants unionized employees of New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority retroactive 1% raises for each of the past two years, which means most will receive one-time payments between $3,000 and $5,000.

San Antonio fast food franchisee hit with OT suit

05/28/2014

A San Antonio area franchisee faces charges he failed to pay proper overtime to his employees. Wessam “Sammie” Aldeeb operate eight restaurants, including Subway, Great American Cookies and Marble Slab Creamery stores. A recently filed suit seeks class-action status for at least 125 current or former employees of Aldeeb’s franchises.

Church wages don’t count toward unemployment benefits

05/28/2014

Employees can’t count their work histories with religious organizations when seeking unemployment benefits.

Wage stagnation may be long-term business reality

05/26/2014

Wages will rise less than 3% over the next three years, according to 82% of U.S. employers polled by the nonprofit National Association for Business Economics.

Real wages declined significantly in past 7 years

05/26/2014

Real wages are down almost 8% since 2006, according to the compensation research firm PayScale, which analyzed Consumer Price Index data and information provided by 3,000 clients.

Are we allowed to require employees to receive their wages through paycards?

05/23/2014

Q. Our company wants to start using paycards instead of issuing paychecks to employees who do not use direct deposit. Is it legal to use payroll cards in California?

What should we include in the ‘mandatory wage statements’ we must give new hires?

05/23/2014

Q. We are hiring a new employee and I understand that I have to give her a “Mandatory Wage Notice.” What information do I need to include on the notice?

Minnesota minimum wage to rise to $9.50 per hour

05/22/2014

Taking a page from the Democratic Party’s midterm election playbook, Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill raising the state minimum wage. The state’s current minimum wage of $6.15 per hour is below the federal rate of $7.25.

Lawsuits allege McDonald’s workers suffered wage theft

05/12/2014

McDonald’s workers in three states have filed class-action suits alleging the company super-sized its profits at the employees’ expense.

After five years, Wage and Hour Division finally has an administrator

05/06/2014

Boston University management professor David Weil has been confirmed as the next administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD). Nominated in September 2013, the Senate confirmed Weil on a party-line vote: 51 Democrats yea, 42 Republicans nay.