Whether you are a manager who receives a salary low enough that you are not exempt from overtime regulations or you are an hourly worker, you should receive overtime with pay when you put in more than 40 hours a week. Unfortunately, there are some employers who do not...
Sometimes, employers take steps to reclassify workers when they think they can do so to save money. Unfortunately, sometimes those reclassifications are not legal and end up costing the employee money by classifying them incorrectly. If you have stopped receiving...
If you suffer from a disability that prevents you from working, the denial of a long-term disability (LTD) claim is a difficult setback to endure. Rest assured, powerful federal laws protect you and give you the right to appeal a denied claim. Here are three of the...
Your gender or sex has very little impact on your job performance. As a woman, you can excel in essentially all the same roles, including those usually occupied by men. Unfortunately, not all employers treat women as the competent, capable employees that they are. It...
In theory, male and female workers are supposed to earn the same amount of money when they do the same jobs. This is just one way that equality in the workplace can be achieved, and it reflects the fact that discrimination based on gender is illegal. However, the...
When you’re a woman, you may be distinctly aware that you have to ask for better pay to get it. You can’t rely on your employer to pay you equally, because the gender pay gap continues to be problematic. You know, though, that asserting your right to equitable and...
Both hourly workers and non-exempt salaried workers have the right to overtime pay under federal law. If a company requires that a worker perform more than 40 hours worth of work within a given workweek, that worker should receive at least 150% of their average weekly...
Women have worked long and hard to gain professional opportunities. Only a few generations ago, women could rarely work in professional fields. These days, women dominate certain industries and continue to make dramatic headway in areas that have historically been...
Wage theft by businesses comes in many forms. Sometimes, it involves a company altering payroll records. Other times, companies demand that workers put in time without compensation. Overtime violations can also be a form of wage theft. There is a lot of confusion...
Your employer provides you with all of your income and also subsidizes or provides crucial benefits to you. Whether they have a retirement plan or disability insurance program, those benefits may be subject to specific federal oversight. The Department of Labor’s...
