Sentences with phrase «wage payment law»

Alissa sued the club, claiming that its payment to dancers like her violated the minimum wage requirements contained within both federal (Fair Labor Standards Act) and state (New Jersey Wage Payment Law) statutes.

Based on this alleged misclassification, the Salespeople claimed that there were violations of the state's wage payment laws, including minimum wage and overtime requirements, and other penalties for the misclassification.

Not exact matches

For those worried about a shift to an alternative payment culture to circumvent this rule should it become law, there is also a provision that «no member of staff in an organisation should receive an annual bonus exceeding the annual wage of the lowest paid worker in that organisation».

Schulz, who has waged court battles against the SAFE Act gun control law, pork barrel spending and tax policies, believes Silver should reimburse taxpayers for the money he authorized in 2012 when the payment was made to two staffers who said Lopez harassed them.

Texas does allow wage garnishment for some debts, specifically, those for child support payments, certain IRS tax debts (which are garnished under federal wage garnishment laws), and student loan debts.

Common legal issues relate to the amount of payment, wage and hour laws, back salary, employment related injuries, and wrongful termination.

The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor are responsible for administering and enforcing this law, and can order payment of back wages, file lawsuits for back wages and issue injunctions for FSLA violations.

Those same provisions also apply to any required payment of overtime wages, as the Missouri overtime laws are payable under the state minimum wage law.

Three of the primary things that these laws require are overtime pay, a minimum wage, and regular payment of wages.

Mateo - Harris has extensive experience defending employers in litigation at both the state and federal court level through trial and appeal, including in restrictive covenant and contract - and tort - based actions, as well as with respect to alleged violations of wage payment and equal employment opportunity laws.

So, an employee working in New Jersey, who believes she is due (a) payment for accrued but unused vacation, and (b) was also denied the legal minimum hourly wage, can file a legal claim using New Jersey law against an employer headquartered in Massachusetts, even if she signed an agreement that said, in effect, «I promise to use only Massachusetts law to resolve any and all disputes.».

Sales associate is not entitled to attorney fees due to the withholding of commissions owed (Labor Law § 198 [1 - a]-RRB-, because there is no claim of a violation of Labor Law Article 6 requiring wage payment and minimum wage.