Posts Tagged 'fair labor standards act'

Wage Theft: You Might be a Victim and Not Know It

Small, seemingly innocuous moments in a worker’s day-to-day may seem like “just a part of the job.” However, in many cases, these routine moments are actually wage theft. They’re illegal, and they’re costing American workers billions of dollars every year.

Statistics show that workers in Los Angeles, widely regarded as the wage theft capital of the United States, lose $26.2 million to wage theft every week. Yes – week. 80% of Los Angeles workers have experienced wage theft ...

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Lawsuit Alleges Shady Work Practices at UPS

ups accused of employee timecard manipulation to avoid paying overtime“They’re cheating, they’re lying, they’re stealing people’s time, they’re not reporting accidents and injuries, and you can never go home. You’re working 17 or 18 hours, and if you speak up you get fired and harassed.”

This is the description of what it’s like working at global shipping and logistics giant UPS as offered by one of three former employees currently engaged in ...

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Fair Labor Standards Act Violations Come with Hefty Consequences

labor and wage lawsuits put companies in bad public lightAs cases continue to take shape against Philadelphia-headquartered Urban Outfitters and Panera Bread, these household names that are known to millions have now become known for reasons they’d very much like to avoid. In an age where public perceptions can shift with a single public Facebook post, the impacts and public backlash on companies caught in labor and wage disputes can be severe.

The Panera ...

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Panera Faces Overtime Wage Lawsuit Brought By Former Store Managers

panera sued over wage practicesAnother retailer finds itself defending its classification of “management-level” employees.

Two former assistant managers for Panera Bread have joined forces to file a class-action lawsuit against the fast-casual food chain. Hailing from Washington, D.C. and Alabama, the plaintiffs allege that they were “unlawfully classified as exempt from overtime protections.” As such, even though each was regularly working over 40 hours per week, they were not being paid overtime as ...

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Labor Classification at Center of Urban Outfitters Wage Lawsuit

former urban outfitters managers suing over labor practicesTwo former Urban Outfitters department managers are suing the Philadelphia-based clothing and home goods retailer over its alleged misuse of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

While most are aware of their classification at work as either an exempt or a non-exempt employee, many don’t know that such a classification comes as the result of a law that was passed in 1938. The law divides employees based ...

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