In today’s economy, a family’s income is often stretched so thin that every dollar counts. Many workers are willing to work long hours under poor conditions just to keep their income and support their family members. Unfortunately, some employers are taking advantage of their workers’ willingness to work by knowingly misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of [...]
A class action lawsuit was filed on September 19, 2012 in federal court in Dallas, Texas alleging that Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. failed to pay its employees overtime wages for all hours worked. The two lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit claim that they were forced to work off-the-clock before and/or after their shifts. The workers would [...]
Last month the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) settled a contentious case between two lower courts concluding opposite verdicts and, in the process, denied the Department of Labor (DOL) a government regulatory agency’s long-sacred ‘deference’ (final word) when it comes to interpreting laws designed to protect employees from employers. In this case SCOTUS questioned whether [...]
Even though the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) was passed in 1938, violations of this law that require the payment of overtime wages, in addition to other protections for workers, continues to be violated 74 years later by employers looking to enrich executives at the expense of its workforce. A prime example of companies not [...]
