Investigation Underway: Labor Practices At Nike
Sanford Heisler Sharp is conducting an investigation into labor practices and policies at Nike. We...
Sanford Heisler Sharp is conducting an investigation into labor practices and policies at Nike. We...
It should be well understood that an employee, including an executive, deprived of compensation promised by the employer and earned by the employee has a potential cause of action for breach of contract. But did you know that such an employee may also have a wage payment claim under applicable labor laws, particularly the California Labor Code? The consequences are…
The coronavirus pandemic is changing the face of work. Many employees are working from home, while others are putting in double-time in essential roles. As the economy reopens, employers have implemented and will continue to implement measures designed to limit the spread of Covid-19. At their best, these myriad changes may make employees safer and more efficient in their jobs.…
The federal overtime law, called the Fair Labor Standards Act, exempts employers from paying overtime wages to workers who are classified as “executive,” “administrative” or “professional” employees. These exemptions are colloquially called “white collar” exemptions. State overtime laws often have similar “white collar” exemptions. Applying these exemptions is far more nuanced than their moniker suggests. There are complex, multi-pronged legal tests…
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Imagine the following: You show up to work at your employer’s. They require you to enter on the...
California’s Private Attorney General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”) has provided employees injured by their employer’s Labor Code violations with an opportunity to seek statutory penalties on behalf of him or herself and on behalf of other aggrieved employees. This law famously allows an individual employee to stand in the shoes of the government agency that enforces the Labor Code and assert the…
By law, employees in the United States must be paid a base minimum for their work performed. However, this protection varies widely depending on the state in which the employees are working. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides the baseline protection for employees. Regardless of state, employers generally must pay their employees at least $7.25 per hour. While…
Hourly workers’ paychecks can be unpredictable, varying drastically depending on their hours. Unscrupulous employers exploit this variance to short hourly employees of their full wages for their labor, often undetected. Tipped workers in most states are uniquely vulnerable to wage theft. Most tipped workers earn a reduced hourly rate – in Washington, DC, the tipped rate is currently $3.89 per hour. For…
During the United States Supreme Court October Term 2017, the Court delivered a 1-2 punch against workers and their right to earn overtime pay with its decisions in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro et al. and Epic Systems Corp v. Lewis (decided together with Ernst & Young, LLP et al, v. Morris et al., and National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc., et al.,).…