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The modern workplace often comes with various expectations, including how employees prepare for the start of the business day. One common expectation is for staff to be at their desks, ready to begin, a few minutes before the official start time. While this might seem...

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Hospital employees often clock in and out at the peripheries of their shifts, trusting that their time is tallied fairly and that their paychecks reflect every minute worked. Yet, when timekeeping policies round these hours to the nearest interval, questions arise about adherence to the...

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Employee misclassification is a prevalent issue in the modern workforce. At its core, it revolves around the incorrect categorization of workers, typically as independent contractors rather than employees. This distinction has profound implications, affecting wage rates, benefits, and legal rights. Many employers, either intentionally or...

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The Davis-Bacon Act, established during the Great Depression, serves as a foundational piece of legislation ensuring that workers on federally funded construction projects receive fair wages. It mandates that contractors and subcontractors pay their laborers and mechanics employed under the contract no less than the...

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Wage theft is a real and persistent problem throughout the United States, robbing individuals and their families of fair pay for the work they’ve done. A recent study put this in perspective by assigning a dollar value to this theft: $50 billion per year. And...

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Does the time it takes for a computer to start up count towards your work hours? According to the Ninth Circuit, it does. And while this may not seem like a great amount of time, the minutes required to boot up a computer can add...

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Once considered a staple of the American workforce, time and a half is under constant attack from employers who are determined to find ways around the law. Knowing how time and a half (overtime) pay should work is the responsibility of every employee. But protecting...

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Paying workers on time in California isn’t just a good business practice; it’s the law. State legislators have long recognized that late payments cause serious financial disruption to a person’s life and essentially amount to wage theft. Workers who are not paid on time can...

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The rights of employees don’t just include being paid a fair and legal wage. Often, issues regarding the misuse of employee data emerge with serious implications for the privacy interests of workers. Illinois is one particular example of where workers are frequently subjected to the...

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Piece rate pay is a method of paying employees based on the amount of work they do. Although this method of payment is legal and can be lucrative for employees, there are unfortunately many cases in which employers attempt to use piece rate to skirt...

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