Minimum Wage

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets forth federal guidelines that affect nearly all employers concerning overtime pay and minimum wage requirements. For example, the FLSA requires that workers be paid at least minimum wage and overtime pay at a rate of one and one-half times their standard rate of pay for those non-exempt workers…

During this week’s the State of the Union address President Obama revealed his plan to hike the minimum wage to $10.10/from $7.25 for federal employees through the use of an Executive Order. Obama stated, “Today, the federal minimum wage is worth about twenty percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan first stood here. Tom…

A Georgia federal court has determined that a group of exotic dancers who are suing a strip club for alleged wage-and-hour violation are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rather than independent contractors. In this wage and hour case the court reviewed the dancers claims, specifically that the strip club allegedly violated federal…

With the coming new year, 13 states will be increasing their minimum wage. Although Congress failed to raise the federal minimum wage, these states have taken action to improve the pay of many minimum wage workers. And another 11 states and the District of Columbia are considering taking action in 2014. The push for an…

In a victory for home health care workers, the White House has just announced that these workers will finally be entitled to minimum wage and overtime protections. For 38-years, these workers have been denied the same protections granted to almost all workers in America. The long awaited amendment will take effect January 1, 2015 and…

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Enacted in 1938, the FLSA provides certain minimum wage and overtime standards that apply to nearly all U.S. employers. The act covers areas such as child labor labor laws, minimum wage and overtime. Despite significant improvements in working conditions much work still…

President Obama’s State of the Union Address included a call for an increase in the Federal minimum wage – placing a renewed emphasis on the critical issue of making ends meet for many working Americans. Obama has asked Congress to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour from $7.25/ hour, a move that could…

News reports that the Department of Labor has begun an investigation into the working conditions at the popular clothing store Forever 21. The United States DOL Wage and Hour division announced that they have filed an action requiring Forever 21 to cooperate with the government’s investigation into the labor practices of the company. The clothing…

This year there’s been an ongoing debate in Congress concerning raising the federal minimum wage. The current federal minimum wage is just $7.25/hour with the minimum cash wage for tipped workers $2.13/hour. Further, because these amounts are not adjusted for inflation the amount minimum wage workers take home is becoming increasingly tight. In fact, single…

An interesting minimum wage lawsuit has just settled that has the potential to affect airport workers, including those at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. In the minimum wage case, numerous airport skycaps filed a lawsuit against United Airlines alleging that the companies that the airlines contracts around the country failed to pay them the minimum wage…