As work life and home life become increasingly intertwined for many Americans, it can be the norm for a manager to contact an employee at all hours of the day or night and throughout the weekend. People work on different schedules, and sometimes they forget that not...
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to offer reasonable accommodations for disabled workers. Federal lawmakers adopted this law to ensure that employers would provide the necessary work environment adjustments essential for...
Time clocks can be a confounding part of the work experience. While some employers go by a down-to-the-second approach with time clocks, others use rolling time clocks that roll up or down to the hour or quarter hour, depending on when you clock in.As an employee,...
You count on your wages to help you cover the costs of maintaining your household. You probably already know that you have a right to take action if your employer does not pay your hourly wages. Fewer people realize that they also have rights when a company doesn't...
One of the worst things that an employer can do is to take advantage of their employees by not paying them accurately. Employers may do this in one of many ways, from "estimating" hours worked to failing to pay overtime for hours worked past the normal work week.As an...
Imagine getting called into your boss's office first thing in the morning. You walk in and instead of the meeting you expected, your boss terminates your employment. Perhaps there were signs this was coming. Maybe your boss had been looking for a reason to let you go....
It's not uncommon for an employer to request an employee to work off the clock. While this sounds innocent enough, it's something you should fight against. You are not required to work off the clock, and there are laws in place to protect you against this.The Fair...
Right now, there are no fewer than 20 California companies with outstanding wage theft judgments against them that are illegally operating with impunity despite owing workers more than a million dollars in penalties and back wages.According to the director of the...
You've been worried about your pay for some time. You find discrepancies each paycheck, and your employer ignores your attempts to talk through why your hours aren't matching with your pay.You decided to make a complaint to the Wage and Hour Division, because talking...
So you feel like your job is in danger since you turned 50? Have you seen coworkers that have suddenly been laid off when they reached retirement age?Since laws have been passed that make age discrimination illegal, employers have become more creative in the ways they...
