Fair Labor Standards / Wage & Hour
The federal Wages and Fair Labor Standards Act is abundantly clear: non-tipped workers must be paid a minimum hourly rate as well as overtime for work beyond 40 hours a week.
For such fairly clear-cut provisions as those included in the Fair Labor Standards Act, there are a lot of legal disputes involving wage and hour law. The attorneys at Griffin Humphries have the experience to help resolve conflicts arising from employee pay, including:
- Tip pool violations – improper deduction of employee tips
- Failure to pay overtime
- Misclassification of a worker as a “tipped employee” who can be paid a lower hourly rate
- Working hours disputes involving travel time
- Unauthorized deductions from pay checks
- Meal and rest period violations
- Failure to pay or failure to meet requirements for timely final pay.
Lawsuits involving wage issues have been on the rise in recent decades, as employees become more aware of their rights as outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act. The employment law attorneys at Griffin Humphries have the skills and experience to help resolve matters involving state or federal law as quickly as possible.