Legal News

Overtime Laws - Your Right to Overtime Pay
Hourly employees always want to know about their rights to a lunch break. Heck, lunch is important to me too! But what about overtime laws? Employees definitely want to know about overtime labor laws as well...

Court: Overtime Pay Required Even Where the Employee Was Not Authorized to Work Overtime
A recent decision by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals demonstrates that an employer can be liable for overtime pay even if employees have been forbidden to work overtime. The case is Chao v...

Wanna Get Sued In China Don't Pay Overtime.
China's Labor Contract Law (which law applies to every employment relationship in China) is very clear: employers must pay their employees for overtime. Though there are some exceptions, these exceptions are not nearly as broad or as easy to obtain as is widely believed...

Pay Overtime - Even When it Violates Policy
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that an employee who works overtime must be paid for those hours even though he/she may have been prohibited from working overtime...

Another outrageous overtime situation in Wisconsin
Lately there have been several stories about government employees and overtime pay. I covered the gaming of the overtime/sick leave system by jail guards, and recently there was also a report on excessive overtime with nurses and other state employees...

Overtime Calculator
Calculating your overtime premium can be a pain. Now the U.S. Department of Labor has an overtime calculator on its website to help with your calculations. Are you owed overtime? Check the calculator to see...

State audit finds overtime problems
No, I’m not surprised. The Journal Sentinel tipped us off about the horrendous overtime situation with state employees several weeks ago. Now an internal audit confirms abuse of the overtime system, along with pure mismanagement of our tax dollars...

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Employment
Employee rights including labor law, harassment, safety, unpaid overtime, discrimination and union disputes.

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

Overtime, CA
California, you may be entitled to overtime wages

Overtime for Programmers
alleging that some companies try to avoid paying employees overtime by categorizing them as "salaried" employees.

Overtime
You may be entitled to overtime pay.

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.