Overtime Pay
Many cable and internet installation companies are intentionally violating the overtime laws and costing their workers thousands of dollars in unpaid overtime. These companies generally violate the Fair Labor Standards Act in…
Overtime violations are on the rise in the oil patch. The Department of Labor has announced that it has launched an “enforcement initiative” on Marcellus Shale contractors that will last for several…
It is a rare case when the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (one of the more conservative in the country) rules that a plaintiff was not awarded enough…
Many assistant managers are told that they are exempt from overtime pay. Assistant managers are often required to work long hours without any compensation other than “straight time” or their base salary. …
Cellular providers are racing to build advanced cellphone networks, according to the Wall Street Journal. The subcontractors who build, upgrade and maintain these cell phone towers are working their employees around the clock…
Texas lawmakers are attempting to get tough on construction companies that commit payroll fraud by misclassifying construction workers, passing a new law recently signed by Gov. Rick Perry. As I have previously…
A new report shows that oil and gas wells continue to increase in Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale. According to a new quarterly report of oil and gas wells from a…
On July 9, 2012, the Second Circuit held that a CEO of a supermarket chain could be personally liable for FLSA claims made by employees of his company. See Irizarry v. Catsimatidis,…
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) governs overtime pay in Texas. In a nutshell, the FLSA requires that employers pay their non-exempt employees one-and-a-half times their “regular rate” for every hour worked…
Call center employees are often required to work more than forty hours per week. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, employers are required to pay most workers one and a…
Employees in the health care industry are entitled to be paid for all hours they worked, whether they are at their usual work stations or not. Often, employers in the health care…
Every day it seems that there is another local headline of significant layoffs by a company trying to increase its profits. Even in Texas, where the economy has been stronger than elsewhere,…
As a general matter, employers are required to pay one and a half times a worker’s ordinary rate for every hour worked in excess of forty per week, unless the worker is…
In West Texas and New Mexico, oilfield jobs are aplenty thanks to a boom in oil and gas drilling in the Permian Basin. Today, the Permian Basin accounts for approximately fourteen percent…
Health care employees are often required to work long hours under stressful conditions. Unfortunately, they are often shorted when it comes to overtime pay. Many employees in the health care industry are…
Technology has dramatically changed the ways in which Americans work. A recent study highlights that Americans are spending more hours working at home. In a survey of American employees sponsored by Good…
Oilfield jobs in Texas are a hot commodity right now. Oil and gas companies have a great deal of work, and oilfield workers are in short supply. This means that oilfield workers…
What is overtime? Many employees have questions about overtime. This post is intended to answer the most basic questions, which are what is overtime, who is eligible for overtime, and how to…
There are several issues you must consider when determining if and how much you may be owed in unpaid overtime under Texas law. First, it must be determined whether you are eligible…
Do you work 40+ hours per week without receiving overtime pay? Are you paid a salary for a job that should be paid overtime? Do you work “off the clock” without receiving…