COLUMBIA — A former employee for Richland 1 School District in South Carolina recently filed a lawsuit alleging her employer fired her for repeatedly questioning the organization’s decisions to intentionally misclassify workers as overtime exempt.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two waitresses at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Columbia, South Carolina have just received a Texas-sized settlement for themselves and other similarly situated employees employed by the chain in the amount of $700,000.
Former employees of Spartanburg restaurant Wild Wing Cafe have filed a lawsuit against the restaurant claiming that they were withheld wages through failure to meet minimum and overtime wage standards, according to The State.
These questions and answers cover the details surrounding the final rule, and address what’s included in the final rule, as well as compliance and communication strategies, budget implications and possible morale and productivity issues.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina federal district court ruled that a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) suit against the City of Charleston may proceed. The suit was filed in 2013 by six Charleston firefighters who allege that the city’s application of a “fluctuating workweek” schedule violates FLSA by failing to properly compensate the firefighters […]