My employer clocked me out while I was at a work location. She changed my time card from 1 week to the following week and then.

This is an illegal pay practice. The employer has the right to define the work week, but once the week is defined you are entitled to overtime for...

Shoul I join a class action suit vs. a certain Credit Card co.?

In consumer litigation, the class mechanism enables the masses to litigate a predominate problem, even if the individual claims are generally cost...

401 K funds embezzled

ERISA laws govern the handling of 401K accounts. This case would be suitable for a class action and my firm would be happy to look into it, but the...

Minimum wage for a licensed attorney in NY

You need to review the prevailing wage scale to see where you fit in under the Department of Labor AND since you are on an H1B, there should have...

My boss makes me stay in the store while I am clocked out on my lunch break. If I am clocked out, can't I leave and eat?

If you are an hourly non-exempt employee, the employer is under questionable grounds to dictate where you spend your lunch, however, the real...

Can my employer hold my pay check if I gave back my key?

You are entitled to your wages if you worked them. In addition to the final pacyheck act that most states have, the failure to pay wages may...

New York has very definitive laws that govern commision rights for the employee and you may be entitled to triple damages for the breach. However,...

Do Auto Technicians get time & one half for over 40 hours? My employer says "No & no premium for night shift either."

Under Federal Law, there is no premium for night differential, so that is a discretionary, not mandatory, practice an employer may do. As an Auto...

Can a employer deduct(takeaway) over-time already worked by the employee?

If you were properly classified as a non-exempt hourly employee this is completely an illegal practice that would entitle you to double damages and...

Under Federal Law the boss has a prerogative to be a bad boss and screaming is usually one trait of one. The Courts routinely throw out cases...