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    • How to calculate Minimum Wage
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    • Paying Cash Off the Books
    • Giving Comp Time Instead of Cash
    • Misclassification / Failing to Pay Overtime to Commissioned or Salaried Employees
    • Not Paying for Total Hours Worked
    • Paying the Wrong Hourly Rate
    • Independent contractor or Employee?
    • Auto-Deduct and Automatic Deductions for Meal Breaks and Lunch
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Can Restaurants Make Waiters Pay for Uniform?

Trang Tran March 2, 2022 FLSA, Minimum wage, Overtime No Comments
In my labor and employment practice, one big red flag for me is that a restaurant or bar is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is requiring their …
[Continue Reading...]

What Is the Difference Between A Claims Adjuster and Claims Analyst?

Trang Tran January 4, 2023 FLSA No Comments
Background Insurance Companies & Activities are Regulated Insurance companies in most states are regulated by the state’s insurance department or division. These regulatory agencies are responsible for overseeing the …
[Continue Reading...]

Are Insurance Claims Analyst Entitled to Overtime?

Trang Tran January 4, 2023 Common Violations, FLSA, Overtime No Comments
Are you an analyst who works in insurance claims processing? If so, you may be entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many companies have …
[Continue Reading...]

What is the Overtime Law on Salary?

Trang Tran April 12, 2022 FLSA, Overtime No Comments
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, everybody has to earn at least minimum wage. Employers are required by the Fair Labor Standards Act to track all hours worked by …
[Continue Reading...]

Why There are More Class Actions for Over the Road Truck Drivers

Trang Tran March 7, 2022 FLSA, Minimum wage No Comments
Truck Driver Minimum Wage Lawyer
Over the road, commercial truck drivers are often misclassified as an independent contractors and denied minimum wage. Transportation companies often employ drivers and make them think they are independent …
[Continue Reading...]

Can you have private settlement of an overtime or minimum wage claim?

Trang Tran March 19, 2021 FLSA No Comments
The answer is generally not if there is not a lawsuit. If there is a lawsuit it’s allowable depending the state you are in. Question: What’s a private settlement? …
[Continue Reading...]

Why you should not try to collect your unpaid overtime and minimum wage through the Texas Workforce Commission

Trang Tran September 8, 2020 FLSA No Comments
People who have been laid off or fired frequently have unpaid overtime and minimum wage claims. Why? They didn’t want to rock the boat and risk losing their job …
[Continue Reading...]

Do you need to be a U.S. Citizen to collect unpaid overtime and minimum wage?

Trang Tran September 8, 2020 FLSA No Comments
If you are not a Citizen of the United States, you are still protected from being cheated out of your overtime and minimum wage. This includes the scenario where …
[Continue Reading...]

Tip Pooling Laws

Trang Tran April 1, 2020 FLSA No Comments
Tipped Employee and Tip Pooling Laws Tip credit and pool tips is an area of employment law that can be complicated. You have the combination of minimum wage law …
[Continue Reading...]

Straight time overtime lawsuits

Trang Tran June 25, 2019 FLSA No Comments
The most common overtime lawsuits we see in our class action practice are companies that pay their employees straight-time for overtime. This means when the employees work over 40 …
[Continue Reading...]
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Can Restaurants Make Waiters Pay for Uniform?

Trang Tran March 2, 2022 FLSA, Minimum wage, Overtime No Comments
In my labor and employment practice, one big red flag for me is that a restaurant or bar is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is requiring their …
[Continue Reading...]

What Is the Difference Between A Claims Adjuster and Claims Analyst?

Trang Tran January 4, 2023 FLSA No Comments
Background Insurance Companies & Activities are Regulated Insurance companies in most states are regulated by the state’s insurance department or division. These regulatory agencies are responsible for overseeing the …
[Continue Reading...]

Are Insurance Claims Analyst Entitled to Overtime?

Trang Tran January 4, 2023 Common Violations, FLSA, Overtime No Comments
Are you an analyst who works in insurance claims processing? If so, you may be entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many companies have …
[Continue Reading...]

What is the Overtime Law on Salary?

Trang Tran April 12, 2022 FLSA, Overtime No Comments
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, everybody has to earn at least minimum wage. Employers are required by the Fair Labor Standards Act to track all hours worked by …
[Continue Reading...]

Why There are More Class Actions for Over the Road Truck Drivers

Trang Tran March 7, 2022 FLSA, Minimum wage No Comments
Truck Driver Minimum Wage Lawyer
Over the road, commercial truck drivers are often misclassified as an independent contractors and denied minimum wage. Transportation companies often employ drivers and make them think they are independent …
[Continue Reading...]

Can you have private settlement of an overtime or minimum wage claim?

Trang Tran March 19, 2021 FLSA No Comments
The answer is generally not if there is not a lawsuit. If there is a lawsuit it’s allowable depending the state you are in. Question: What’s a private settlement? …
[Continue Reading...]

Why you should not try to collect your unpaid overtime and minimum wage through the Texas Workforce Commission

Trang Tran September 8, 2020 FLSA No Comments
People who have been laid off or fired frequently have unpaid overtime and minimum wage claims. Why? They didn’t want to rock the boat and risk losing their job …
[Continue Reading...]

Do you need to be a U.S. Citizen to collect unpaid overtime and minimum wage?

Trang Tran September 8, 2020 FLSA No Comments
If you are not a Citizen of the United States, you are still protected from being cheated out of your overtime and minimum wage. This includes the scenario where …
[Continue Reading...]

Tip Pooling Laws

Trang Tran April 1, 2020 FLSA No Comments
Tipped Employee and Tip Pooling Laws Tip credit and pool tips is an area of employment law that can be complicated. You have the combination of minimum wage law …
[Continue Reading...]

Straight time overtime lawsuits

Trang Tran June 25, 2019 FLSA No Comments
The most common overtime lawsuits we see in our class action practice are companies that pay their employees straight-time for overtime. This means when the employees work over 40 …
[Continue Reading...]
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Read Our Blog

  • What Is the Difference Between A Claims Adjuster and Claims Analyst?
  • Are Insurance Claims Analyst Entitled to Overtime?
  • What is the Overtime Law on Salary?
  • Why There are More Class Actions for Over the Road Truck Drivers
  • Can Restaurants Make Waiters Pay for Uniform?

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