Our blog covers a variety of topics related to unpaid wages and overtime, including minimum wage law violations, mishandling of tips, unlawful deductions, and denial of rest or meal breaks. Learn about your legal right to compensation, then contact our office to discuss your case.
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Top Five Ways Hospitals and Nursing Homes Fail to Pay Nurses Their Full Wages The U.S. Department of Labor has found that hospitals and nursing homes frequently fail to pay nurses for all the hours they work. -
Overtime Basics for Hourly Employees If you are paid on an hourly basis, then you must be paid one and one-half times your regular hourly rate if you work more than 40 hours in a work week. -
Illegal Tip Pooling in the Restaurant Industry Every year, restaurants are forced to pay millions of dollars to their servers, bartenders and other tipped employees because of illegal tip pooling. -
How to File a Claim for Unpaid Overtime in New York Did your employer fail to pay you for overtime when you worked more than 40 hours in a week? Learn how to build a winning case to get paid what you are owed. -
Getting Paid for All the Hours You Work If you are paid by the hour, then you must be paid for all the time you work. This includes when you take work home or work outside normal working hours. -
The Healthcare Professional’s Best Advocate Leandro “Lindy” Lachica is an employment litigator with a fascinating twist. Before joining our law firm, he was a Philippine diplomat and legal advisor. -
"Liquidated Damages" Clauses in Employment Contracts for Nurses and Physical Therapists Excessive "liquidated damages" or “buyout” clauses in employment contracts are illegal. In many cases, employment agencies have agreed to cancel them. -
Are You Owed Overtime Compensation? The law says that you must be paid overtime – at the rate of one and one-half times your regular rate of pay – for all the hours you work over 40 per week. -
Flight Attendants Win $77 Million in Wage Dispute with Virgin Airlines California flight attendants have been awarded $77 million in a wage dispute with Virgin Airlines, illustrating how state law protects professionals.