If the catering company compensates you as a "tipped employee" as permitted by the Fair Labor Standards Act the employer may be violating your...

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Wife has been working at for the past 1 year an 8 months at a Gas Station Convenient Store and never was able to take any Breaks

There is no federal law requiring meal breaks be given but, according to the website link from the US Department of Labor, Washington has such a...

Can a company make a 16 year old work until 0100 hrs in the morning of a school night

There are both federal and state laws regulating the employment of child labor. However,the federal law does not limit the number of hours or...

Working off of the clock/travel time, outside of working hours, compensable?

Whether or not you were engaged in working hours when working on the bulletin board for purposes of being paid for your work will depend on whether...

Can I get prosecuted?

You should seek an expert in criminal law in your state and speak with that lawyer immediately. Until then you should avoid speaking to your former...

Retaliation?

It appears that your were scheduled to start your normal work duties at 7 a.m. and you were working on your own personal time up to 7 A.M. at which...

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I was fired from Starbucks, but instead of being fired in the office I was fired in the lobby with customers around. Is this leg

Although there is no law against being fired in the lobby, it is very unprofessional. Moreover, if statements made about why you were being fired...

Can I get a backpay?

Your husband should speak to an employment lawyer to explain exactly what his employer said in the form of the promise to pay the higher wage....

I'm a restaurant server. Am I entitled to pay for "on call" shift.

The Fair Labor Standards Act provides that being on cal or waiting as required by an employer can constitute hours worked for purposes of computing...

Can I sue?

You have a right to be paid minimum wage under federal law if your employer has sufficient gross proceeds but even if it does not, Florida law...