WASHINGTON D.C. — A federal contractor has recently been barred from contracting with the federal government for three years due to wage violations. According to Department of Labor (DOL) findings, Garcia Forest Service LLC violated two federal contract acts, the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, addressing wages, […]
WASHINGTON D.C. — President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on March 13, 2014 directing the U.S. Department of Labor to modernize and streamline the federal Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime regulations in order to make more workers eligible for overtime. Specifically, the presidential memorandum tells the DOL to consider how the FLSA’s white-collar overtime exemption […]
WASHINGTON D.C — Our overtime pay lawyers handle cases involving call centers who deny or fail to pay overtime wages to call center employees. These cases often result in substantial settlements due to the large number of employees and the substantial overtime hours that are worked but not compensated by the call center company. In […]
WASHINGTON D.C — Our overtime pay lawyers represent workers who have been cheated out of their overtime pay by their employer. Many times, the employer will tell the employee that he is not entitled to overtime wages for a reason that is not necessary legal. Other times, the employee simply does not know that overtime […]
WASHINGTON D.C — Many employers require employees to sign arbitration agreements in which they give up their right to sue in court over job-related issues, including unpaid wages. An employee who signs an arbitration agreement promises to pursue any legal claims against the employer through arbitration, rather than through a lawsuit. It might not sound […]
WASHINGTON D.C — Your employer may be cheating you out of overtime pay that you are entitled to under Federal law. Under federal law, an employer is required to pay a “non- exempt” employee overtime pay for hours worked beyond a 40 hour work week. Many employers are aware of their legal obligation to pay […]