Wage and Hour Law
MANY EMPLOYEES IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY ARE ENTITLED TO OVERTIME WAGE PAY
Federal and state overtime laws exempt certain employees from overtime wage pay based primarily on their job duties. Oftentimes, employees assume that all highly compensated...
SUPERIOR SATELLITE TECHNICIANS SETTLE UNPAID WAGES SUIT
Attorneys William Parsons and David Zoeller were a part of a litigation team representing Superior Satellite technicians in their unpaid wage lawsuit. Plaintiff’s counsel filed...
WORKERS WHO FILE WAGE COMPLAINTS ARE PROTECTED FROM RETALIATION
Both Wisconsin law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protect employees from acts of retaliation because they filed a complaint to recover unpaid...
PARSONS AND ZOELLER PRESENT ON EMERGING ISSUES IN WAGE AND HOUR LITIGATION
On November 17 and 18, 2011 Attorneys William Parsons and David Zoeller gave presentations to the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Labor and Employment Law Section....
RESTAURANT WORKERS: WHAT YOUR EMPLOYER CAN AND CAN’T DO
Sometimes employers use illegal practices to pay tipped employees (including servers, wait staff, busboys, bartenders, bellhops, counter personnel who serve tipping customers, and valets). After...
Legal and Illegal Employer Paycheck Deductions
Permissible and Impermissible Employer Deductions from Your Paycheck It’s a common theme: your employer approaches you and says that he is deducting wages from your...
HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS MAY SOON BE ENTITLED TO OVERTIME PAY
A recent Department of Labor Proposal may allow home health care workers to receive time and a half pay for overtime hours worked. Currently, such...
DOL ANNOUNCES $715,000 SETTLEMENT IN CALL CENTER INVESTIGATION
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently concluded an investigation of Hilton Reservations Worldwide, LLC, and found that its 2,645 current and former call center employees are...
WHEN DOES MY WORKDAY START?
Many employees are required to perform duties for work before the start of their paid shift. Whether or not you have to be paid for...