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Category Archives: Wage And Hour/Overtime
SCOTUS: Courts will enforce employers’ arbitration agreements
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling that some observers expect will change the landscape of employment law enforcement. In a 5-4 vote, the Court ruled that employment contracts requiring workers to resolve all workplace disputes via individual arbitration, rather than going to court,…
Federal judge rules Uber limo drivers are independent contractors
Part of what makes Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other “gig economy” companies so profitable is that they have relatively few employees. The vast majority of these companies’ workforces are made up of independent contractors. Since they are not employees, they are not entitled to minimum…
Supreme Court makes it harder for employees to get OT
A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court may limit the number of people eligible to receive overtime pay. In early April, the Supreme Court issued an opinion involving the Fair Labor Standards Act. The FLSA is a federal law that requires employers to pay…
Will it take a law to get workers away from their email?
A proposed New York City law would prohibit employers from requiring employees to check email after hours. Many workers check their email at night after they’ve left work or in the morning before going into the office, and most Americans report that they use mobile…
Am I entitled to overtime as a salaried employee?
Even if you earn a salary, you may still be entitled to overtime! Many people confuse the difference between a salaried employee and an employee who is exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the FLSA, any employee who is not…
Are Uber, Lyft drivers really making less than the minimum wage?
Recently, a blockbuster story hit the headlines: an MIT study said that Uber and Lyft drivers were averaging, pretax, less than $3.37 per hour once vehicle expenses were taken into account. The study seemed to validate what many employment law experts had predicted — when…
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