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Day Rate Pay Does Not Mean No Overtime: What Oilfield, Construction, and Transportation Workers Need to Know

Day-rate pay arrangements are common in the oil and…

A growing number of workers across industries, from oilfield services and trucking to home care and package delivery, are classified by their employers as "independent…

            We have had the issue of “compensable time” come up in many of our cases. Compensable time is time…

Restaurants often violate the pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Many waiters and waitresses, cooks and assistant managers are improperly paid.

An off-the-clock claim is when an employee does work for his or her employer and does not get paid for it.  Sometimes off-the-clock work is…

There are a large number of companies that commit wage theft by misclassifying workers as independent contractors when they should be treated as employees.  The…

The Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) offers vital protections for workers with regard to their pay.  The FLSA established the 40-hour workweek and it requires…