South Florida has been called «ground zero» for overtime and minimum
wage claims due to the number of small and medium sized businesses and the active plaintiffs» bar filing the lawsuits.
Not exact matches
Indeed, that report
claims a higher minimum
wage (which, one assumes, would also equate to higher union
dues) would save millions from poverty, but not 58 percent.
Perhaps the surprisingly low level of
claims is
due to the limitations Caltex has put on the fund, including allowing workers to go back only two years, despite
wage fraud going on for years, and giving workers only a limited time to lodge a
claim.
He also rubbished
claims that a proposed transfer to Lokomotiv Moscow collapsed on deadline day
due to his excessive
wage demands.
Other
claims are then paid in their respective order as follows:
wage claims to the extent of $ 4,000; contributions to employment benefit plans; customer deposits to the extent of $ 1,800;
claims for debts
due a spouse for alimony or child support; secured taxes; priority taxes and unsecured
claims.
Due to a recent increase in
wage and hour
claims in the entertainment industries, companies using models and -LSB-...]
[29] The defendants» application for production of
wage loss particulars and a calculation of any
wage loss
claim was dismissed
due to the inadequacy of the material and argument presented.
We also specialize in defending employees who have suffered retaliation
due to filing
wage and hour complaints, worker's compensation
claims, employee benefit issues, and health and safety complaints in the workplace.
142 (1) Part XIV.1 of the Employment Standards Act, as it read immediately before its repeal by this Act, continues to apply only with respect to wages that became
due and owing before the Employee
Wage Protection Program was discontinued and only if the employee to whom the wages were owed provided a certificate of
claim, on a form prepared by the Ministry, to the Program Administrator before the day on which this section comes into force.
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.