by Girish Anand | Dec 4, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Nabbed again! Wal-Mart has agreed to fork over $40 million to employees past and present at its Massachusetts outlets after settling a 2001 lawsuit over abuse of time-card data, fudging on overtime and denying employees break time. Employees who worked at those...
by Girish Anand | Dec 3, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, State Labor Law
Not only are employment lawsuits on the rise, but so are victories for the employees in both court and the pocketbook. According to Jury Verdict Research, a tracking agency, employees prevailed over employers in 61 percent of all employment trials in 2008 and walked...
by Girish Anand | Dec 2, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
The Department of Labor (DOL) permits companies to round off overtime, "provided that it is used in such a manner that it will not result, over a period of time, in failure to compensate the employees properly for all the time they have actually worked." The...