This is a podcast audio interview with BusinessWeek Editor and Senior Writer about Wage related lawsuits concerning overtime for white-collar labor;such as restaurant managers.
Category Archives: Labor Law
Forcing Tipped Employees To Claim More Is Illegal
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Forcing tipped employees to declare more tips than they actually made, or want to claim, is both unethical and can be illegal.
It can be illegal if managers tell them that they have to do it or else. The threat of reprisal is in fact coercion. Thus, solely under duress would an employee claim more than they would otherwise want.
Minimum Wage Increase Will Create Class Action Suits
Monday, September 17, 2007
Shortly after the last increase, several companies found themselves facing class action suits from hourly employees.