Employment Law Tag

Salary Overtime Laws Currently, federal overtime laws prevent salaried employees from receiving overtime pay. This means that as a salary employee, you won’t be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours a week. However, just because you get paid by an annual salary rate does not mean that you are completely exempt from receiving overtime. This article explains in further detail...

Is Mandatory Overtime Legal? Has your employer ever forced you to work overtime? If you’ve been forced to work mandatory overtime, you likely questioned whether or not it’s legal. Although forcing an employee to work overtime isn’t always ethical, your employer can make you work mandatory overtime. There are ways you can avoid overtime, but the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...

What Is Overtime Pay? Employees are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours in their typical work week. Overtime pay, also referred to as “time and a half,” is an employee’s regular wage plus half that amount. Most employers try to get away with not paying their employees the correct overtime, or will force their employees to work overtime. This article will tell you...

Age discrimination in the workplace is an incredibly common problem for lawyers. From 2010 to 2017, older workers filed over 200,000 age discrimination lawsuits. The fact is, someone’s age doesn’t determine their worth as a worker. Yet, older workers still experience age discrimination in the workplace. There’s a lot of ageist myths about older workers; that they’re hard to...

Ultimately, your employer cannot deny you unemployment benefits. Unemployment is a taxable-based, state program. However, employers can contest unemployment claims, which is why your claim may be denied. Before you receive unemployment benefits, your state’s unemployment agency reviews your application to ensure you qualify for unemployment benefits. These qualifications can vary...

Workers compensation is insurance that pays for a worker’s work-related injuries and illnesses. This can include something as small as paid time off to recover from a sprained ankle to permanent disability coverage. This is a state-regulated compensation plan that differs from unemployment insurance.   When a worker accepts an employer’s workers compensation benefits, the...

What Are My Rights After I’m Injured? Although workers compensation is supposed to help injured workers recover, many are denied or don’t receive all the benefits they really need. You have many legal rights after you’re injured at work. The best way to legally protect yourself after you get into an accident is to know all the right steps to take.  Also Read: 7 Red Flags You...

Numerous studies show that employees often leave jobs over a bad boss, not because they don’t like the job. Good employees leave bad bosses all the time. But having a bad employer can not only negatively affect your work, it can also affect your finances and health.  Whistleblower laws protect employees from speaking out against unethical or illegal behaviors in the workplace....

As a worker, you have the right to a safe work environment. But, most American workers don’t feel supported by their boss or their workplace. This can result in a lot of stress and anxiety, which can lead to serious chronic health issues like depression and heart disease. In fact, almost 44% of working Americans report that they’ve even been verbally, emotionally, or physically abused by...

Employment Law And Workers Rights Upon consultation with an employment lawyer, you should ask a few questions to decide if the lawyer is right for you. An employment dispute can seriously affect your future career. You should work with only the best lawyer who’ll fight for all your rights. There can be a number of reasons why you’re asking an employment lawyer to represent...