Your employee claims you owe unpaid wages (usually that means overtime), and you’re starting to lose some sleep. You’ve heard how wage and hour claims are on the rise, and how they can add up to significant dollars. First there are the wages themselves. Then there are liquidated damages equal to the amount of the […]
Are Your Employees Committing Overtime Abuse?
In 2014 Internal Affairs investigators for the Massachusetts State Police investigated suspicions that two state troopers were secretly escorting funeral possessions for under-the-table cash payments. Little did they know what they were about to find. These two troopers had routinely filed for at least 30 hours a week in overtime and paid details. Now there’s […]
Your “Independent Contractors” Are Probably Employees — and That’s a BIG Problem…
I know, I’ve written before about mis-classifiying workers as independent contractors, when legally they are really employees. I wrote in more detail about that here. So why am I back on that topic? For one thing, it’s not going away, and it’s not likely to any time soon. The IRS, the USDOL and their State […]
I Comp’ed My Employee. Why’s S/he Suing Me for Overtime?
You’re a fair employer. You pay your employees their wages every pay day. You compensate all your employees who put in a bit of extra time on the job. You might do so by giving them time off the next week. In weeks an employee doesn’t quite work the 40 hours, maybe you average the […]
Looks Like The Supreme Court Put the Brakes on Overtime for Auto Service Advisors
Employers under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have to pay their workers for all time worked–except when you don’t. Wait. Employees can work and not be paid? Well, not exactly. Let’s do a quick review of the General Rule: You have to pay your workers for all hours they work. For hours 1-40 […]