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Category Archives: Wages
Are You Working for Tips? Your Boss May Be Underpaying You
People working in the service industry in the United States, especially the wait staff of a restaurant, typically receive a substantial portion of their income as tips. Since the practice of tipping is so well-established, wait staff are often paid significantly below minimum wage on the assumption that the money they receive as tips will make up for the difference. For that reason, it is important for employees working for tips to know their rights. Continue reading
Posted in Wages
Tagged minimum wage, service industry, tip money, tip workers, underpayment, Wages, waiter pay
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Required to stay on-site, but not getting paid for all your hours?
Wage theft is a confusing subject for most employees. Employers then frequently take advantage of employees because of the inherent confusion when it comes to compensation. One of the things that many employees do not understand is that they are completely entitled to compensation for all time spent on duty for less than 24 hours. This includes compensation for things such as nap or sleep times. Continue reading
Ways Employers Avoid Paying Overtime
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division receives numerous complaints every year from employees who were wrongfully denied overtime pay. While some employers violate federal overtime law without intention, others purposefully deny overtime pay to eligible workers. Continue reading
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Tagged employee misclassification, overtime pay, overtime scams, working off the clock
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