
DOL Issues Final Overtime Pay Rule
Effective January 1, 2020, important changes take effect concerning the payment of overtime wages in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Generally, FLSA
There is a complex web of laws and regulations that governs how employers must pay their employees. Because these laws are so complex, employers often fail to comply. Sometimes this is intentional, and often it is inadvertent. In both cases, noncompliance is still illegal and can carry stiff penalties and damages, including even personal liability for certain senior executives.
Whitney Law Group assists individuals in evaluating whether they have been paid correctly or not, and advises on how best to approach their situations given each person’s specific circumstances. Sometimes wage violations can be resolved informally with the employer and in a manner that preserves the preexisting employment relationship. Other times, a more aggressive approach is necessary – and WLG litigates Wage & Hour violations on behalf of its clients in federal and state courts. In some cases, the violations are widespread across an organization and warrant prosecution through a “class action” litigation mechanism.
Examples of the types of Wage & Hour violations that WLG prosecutes on behalf of its clients include:
Effective January 1, 2020, important changes take effect concerning the payment of overtime wages in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Generally, FLSA
The Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, U.S.C. §§ 2101-2109 (the “WARN Act”), allows employees to sue employers who fail to provide them with
Effective January 1, 2019, important changes take effect concerning the payment of hourly wages in Massachusetts. Both employers paying and employees earning minimum wage, especially retail
On April 1, 2018, the Massachusetts Pregnant Worker Fairness Act (“PWFA”) went into effect. This new law mandates a variety of workplace accommodations for expecting
On June 26, 2017, the highest court in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”), decided George, et al. v. National Water Main Cleaning Company, et al. This
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