Your boss tells you that you’re going to have to be on call for the weekend. They’re not sure if they’re actually going to need you at the company or not, but they want you to be available. As a result, they ask you to have your work phone on and to be ready to come...
In an at-will state, an employer can employ, terminate, promote, demote and discipline an employee when they want to and for no reason at all. It makes wrongful termination seem like an impossible claim, but that is not necessarily true. Wrongful termination is when...
If employers aren’t vigilant about monitoring the wages and salaries earned by their employees, they can end up with a phenomenon called “pay compression.” It’s also sometimes referred to as salary or wage compression. While pay compression in itself isn’t illegal, it...
As an hourly worker, your pay depends on your schedule at work. When you arrive for your shift, you will clock in and then clock out before you head home for the day. Your employer will maintain records of each of your shifts and then compensate you accordingly at the...
As is the case in most states, wage and hour laws are complicated in Florida. When neither side of a working relationship understands the law, it creates the ideal situation for violations to occur. As an employee, you deserve every cent due after contributing so much...
You usually get half an hour for lunch every day. You almost never take this at your desk, although you do bring a lunch to work with you. You don't have to leave to go pick something up. Your employer notices this, and one day they come up to you and ask if you can...
While it may seem like a situation that will never happen to you, wage theft is more common than you may realize. In fact, it costs honest Americans the money they have worked hard to earn every year. Do you think you have been a victim of wage theft? Do you want to...
A tip pool is simply a tipping system in which all the tips are gathered into a central fund. These are then distributed to all of the eligible staff in equal amounts. Employers often like these because they ensure that all customers can get the same level of service...
You’re an hourly worker, and you are paid for any time you spend on your work. As such, it started to surprise you when you’d get calls from colleagues asking questions about work or from clients asking to go through a consultation at home. Technically, you’re not on...
Many businesses have strict policies intended to keep their workers from stealing from them. Companies will claim that workers who take too long in the bathroom have engaged in time theft by charging for their time while they attend to their own bodily needs instead...