Employment Law

There are so many protections for employees. But the saddest thing about them is how few employees know or understand what they are. Some salaried employees are entitled to overtime pay and aren’t aware of it, for instance. In other...

]Three questions continually come up when trying to understand how wage and hour laws apply to tips. If employees pool tips and distribute them, should a nontipped employee be entitled to them as well? Does an employer have a right...

As an employee, you should know the difference between daily rate, overtime, and piece-rate. Without understanding how you are paid, you may not fully comprehend what you are entitled to. For instance, certain jobs may be exempt from overtime pay—but...

Business owners make the mistake of thinking they have a choice in how they classify their workers—they don’t. The IRS reports that millions of workers are misclassified yearly. There are several reasons why this happens. The state and federal laws...

Tipping is a way of life in the United States, where many service industry workers rely almost completely on tips to pay their bills. Tips are an extra amount that customers pay voluntarily on their own over the top of...

The LGBTQ+ community celebrated a recent landmark ruling handed down by the Supreme Court at the end of June that, effectively, extended workplace protections afforded to all Americans by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to them....