As an employee, labor laws protect your rights, especially regarding how much you earn as a salary and the tips you can receive. These laws can sometimes be difficult to understand, and getting in touch with an Ohio employment lawyer will help you understand how labor laws work and how you can benefit from them. […]
Both the Ohio employment law and the Fair Labor Standards Act make wages for work done the right of every worker. However, as we’ve seen while serving as Ohio employment lawyers, most employers withhold their employees’ salaries. Even when you put in overtime (that is, working outside your usual hours), your employer might choose not […]
The Fair Labor Standards Act covers the ways that employees are paid overtime. There was a recent change to this set of regulations and standards to keep up with inflation and the rising cost of living. These federal laws govern Ohio and all of the other states in the US. When employers are not compliant […]
Being paid overtime is a right for non-exempt employees. There is no reason that any employer should be able to deny you the overtime that you are owed for working beyond the 40 hours that you are contracted to work. When employers do not pay employees for the overtime hours that they have worked, this […]
As of September of 2019, there have been changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) related to overtime pay in the state of Ohio. The new guidelines govern which employees can qualify for these benefits, and they apply to all employers in Ohio — covering salaried employees as well as hourly workers. For employees […]
Recently, Uber and Lyft were in the news and it wasn’t for some feel good reason, or because some new celebrity decided to dress up in disguise and drive around unsuspecting passengers until some big reveal. No, they’re in the news now because they threatened to shut down operations in California, during the middle of […]
Recently, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that its Wage and Hour Division collected $322 million owed to workers. The DOL looks at the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) to determine if a violation of minimum wage or overtime occurred. Of the violations, over 80% dealt with improper overtime. Companies in the construction and food […]
In 2016, the big topic in employment law involved proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) overtime rules. Although there were several key changes, the one that got the most media attention was raising the minimum salary threshold from $23,660 to $47,476. Employees and their advocates loved the change. Employers fought the changes […]