The wage & hour attorneys at Martin & Martin routinely receive telephone calls from employees asking whether it is legal for their employer to deduct work items from their paycheck. There are certain items that an employer may deduct from an employee’s paycheck. However, not all deductions are legal. The…
A California silk-screening company agreed to pay over $100,000 in unpaid overtime wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to workers. “Celebrities, retailers and manufacturers profit from T-shirts sold for $40 or more, while the low-wage workers who produce the merchandise work overtime to meet consumer demand and become…
“Restaurant industry employers must know and comply with federal requirements to claim the tip credit,” says the Department of Labor (DOL). The DOL recently found a restaurant in violation of the federal tip pool regulations that protect tipped employees’ earnings. In the case, the restaurant required the tipped employees to…
On February 09, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, against Apollo Industries and individually against the plant supervisor alleging that they failed to pay employees at least minimum wage ($7.25 per hour) and legally…
Like many companies, Macy’s Department Stores use outside cleaning companies to clean the stores after hours. In Minnesota, a federal court granted the cleaning crew members’ request for class certification against one of these outside cleaning companies so that other crew members could join the failure to pay and overtime…
On February 23, 2015, the firm Martin & Martin filed a collective/class action against Athens, Georgia based company Adams Tile & Terrazzo, Inc. and its owners Reuben Adams and Scott Adams. The Complaint alleges that the company’s floor installers were required to work more than forty hours per week and…
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) mandates that companies compensate their non-exempt employees at an overtime rate of one and one-half times their “regular rate.” Section 207(e) of the FLSA requires companies to include “all remuneration for employment” in calculating the employee’s overtime rate. The calculation of an employee’s “regular…
Our law firm has filed an overtime lawsuit against Spectrum Financial Services, LLC pursuant to the Federal Labors Standard Act (“FLSA”). The federal lawsuit alleges that Spectrum Financial, a national staffing company, hired individuals across the country to work for its client, Accenture, as contract administrators. The Complaint alleges that…
This fall, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that starting in January 2015 it would extend the minimum wage and overtime pay laws to home health care workers in all states. These workers, currently classified as exempt from minimum wage and overtime, provide care to the disabled and elderly populations…
After investigation, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that current and former car wash and detail employees at a Texas car washing and detailing company that provides services to car dealerships would receive almost $230,000 in unpaid minimum wage and overtime pay. The DOL found that the company violated the…