One of the many beneficial aspects of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is that in some cases an employee may sue not only his employer but also his boss on an individual basis. This is strikingly different than other employment laws. Under the FLSA, an employee may recover unpaid…
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…
Many times companies automatically classify its “managers,” “supervisors,” or “bosses” as exempt from overtime under the Executive Exemption when in reality the employees are actually entitled to overtime. In order to determine whether an employee is entitled to overtime, you must look at the employee’s job duties – not their…
On September 4, 2014, the Oakland Raiders Cheerleaders (“Raiderettes”) settled their wage lawsuit against the Oakland Raiders for $1.25 Million in back wages. The lawsuit was filed by two of their cheerleaders in January asserting that the football team underpaid them. One of the cheerleaders estimated her hourly rate over…
A federal court of appeals court affirmed a jury verdict for employees of Tyson Food meat-processing plant workers for failing to pay the employees for pre- and post-production line activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). A jury found in favor of the employees and awarded them over $5M.…
Last month, a Court of Appeals ruled that delivery drivers were employees not independent contractors and therefore, the drivers were entitled to overtime. The case involved a Georgia company called Affinity Logistics Corporation which contracted with Sears to provide home delivery services for various home furnishing retailers. The drivers were…
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) permits restaurants and other employers of tipped employees to receive a “tip credit” when compensating their tipped employees. The FLSA permits the employer to pay its tipped employees $2.13 per hour plus tips as long as those tips cause the employee to make at…
Last month, a United States Court of Appeals ruled that police officers whose salaries minus annunities fell below $455 per week were entitled overtime under the federal wage statute called the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Typically, the first question when determining whether salaried employees are entitled to overtime is…
Generally, employees are entitled to overtime pay for all hours over 40 in a given work week. However, the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) allows certain employees to be exempt from overtime pay including an exemption for some computer professionals. The exemption, however, only applies to computer systems analysts, computer…