Home healthcare can be grueling and difficult work. Workers often take ten to twelve hour shifts, sometimes six or seven days a week. They are responsible for providing close, personal care to elderly, sick, or recovering patients who need assistance in almost every facet of life. To make matters worse, many home healthcare companies refuse … Read more
Some companies refuse to pay overtime to workers by claiming that they are “independent contractors.” But simply calling someone an independent contractor does not make it true. Many supposed independent contractors are actually employees under the law, and entitled to overtime pay. Click to learn more.
The Stiegler Law Firm is pleased and proud to report an appeals court victory granting our clients overtime pay under the FLSA. Click to read more
I often receive calls from employees complaining about illegal deductions from their wages. Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA“), deductions from paychecks are generally illegal if they bring your actual hourly wage below the minimum wage – that is, $7.25 an hour. For waiters, waitresses, and other tipped employees who make less than … Read more
The Stiegler Law Firm represents worker in lawsuit for unpaid wages against the Cenikor Foundation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Employers are required to pay overtime to anyone who works more than 40 hours in a week. But what about companies who offer comp time instead? Unless you work for a government agency, comp time arrangements are illegal and violate your right to overtime pay under federal law.
The motor carrier exemption to the FLSA exempts some — but not all — truck drivers, loaders, and mechanics from overtime pay. Click to learn more.
Salaried administrative employees are exempt from overtime pay. But what is an “administrative” worker? Click to learn more.
Many managerial employees are exempt from overtime pay. But merely calling someone a manager isn’t enough. Click to learn more about the executive exemption.
The first post in a series addressing the FLSA white collar exemptions. What qualifies as a “salary” under the law? Click to learn more.