Minimum Wage

Recently federal lawmakers have introduced measures in congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $10 and hour from its current $7.25. As expected, detractors raise the same arguments against increasing worker’s minimum hourly pay. However, not only is raising minimum wage an issue of basic fairness, it has also been shown to benefit the…

A movement is underway in Congress to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to as much as $10. Under current federal employment law – the Fair Labor Standards Act [FLSA] – employers are required to pay workers at least $7.25 an hour. Several states including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois and elsewhere are pushing to…

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is one of the oldest federal labor laws and provides many protections for workers. Among these are guaranteed that workers receive minimum wage and that non-exempt workers receive overtime. Overtime compensation laws require that all employees who are not exempt must be paid at a rate of one and…

Two waiters at a Hard Rock Café in Florida have just filed a tip pooling lawsuit against the company, claiming Hard Rock didn’t pay them minimum wage. They are seeking class-action status for the case based on the number of potential servers affected. The waiters and waitresses assert that the “tip pooling” policy at the restaurant required servers…

Two significant studies issued this week conclude benefits exist from paying Americans more. First, a New York study found that “living wage” requirements on businesses that receive government subsidies do not negatively impact job and business creation, debunking notions that “living wage” laws hurt competition and local economies. The study looked at 15 states across the country…

At least 50 cities have declared November 18th a “Day Against Wage Theft” as part of a national effort to draw attention to the impact of wage theft on communities throughout the country. As stated in a recent report by the Research Institute for Social and Economic Policy at Florida International University: “Wage theft is…

A Minnesota court recently determined that a pizza delivery driver for “Domino’s Pizza” is similarly situated with nearly 22,000 current and former delivery drivers. As a result, the Domino’s employee may bring his claim on behalf of the nearly nationwide class that Domino’s violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by not paying its drivers the federal minimum wage.…