Florida workers in manual labor jobs and those just starting out in the workforce, as well as businesses employing these workers, may not entirely understand wage and hour laws. It’s especially important for minimum wage workers and those that employ them to take note...
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Year: 2021
Considering a non-compete agreement? Avoid these mistakes.
Florida employers commonly ask employees to sign non-compete agreements. These types of contracts are executed for many reasons, such as to protect an employer’s confidential information, trade secrets or other intellectual property. However, there are stipulations...
Federal 80/20 tip rule took effect in December
The last 18 months were confusing for restaurants and difficult for restaurant workers, but the federal government is withdrawing wage provisions adopted late last year and reinstating 80/20 rules limiting when employers can pay restaurant workers the lower tipped...
The Law on Unpaid Wages
What qualifies as unpaid wages? Unpaid wages qualify as more than just working an hour or two off the clock. Unpaid wages can also be classified as: Tips Bonuses Vacation earnings Paid breaks Commissions When an employee should notify the employer If an employee...
Florida’s minimum wage law could increase instances of wage theft
Millions of American workers lose nearly $8 billion each year in the nation’s 10 most populous states, including Florida, via what’s often referred to as “wage theft.” What is wage theft? Wage theft refers to what the name suggests: the theft of an employee’s wages....
Minimum wage in Florida increases to $10
Many minimum-wage workers in Florida, who are currently earning $8.65 per hour, will soon be seeing bigger paychecks. This month, the minimum wage in Florida will increase to $10 per hour for hourly employees and will continue to increase until it hits $15 per hour...
4 reasons disability insurance claims get denied
Individuals across the nation suffer injuries every day. Some injuries are fairly mild with minimal recovery. These types do not typically affect people’s lives much. Alternately, other injuries can be very severe. People may require extensive medical treatment, a...
Minimum wage hike spotlights wage-and-hour violations
Florida’s minimum wage is set to increase in October from $8.65 to $10 an hour. For tipped workers, the minimum wage will rise from $5.63 to $6.98. The increases follow a state constitutional amendment to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour five years from now....
Workplace sexual harassment amid our remote working world
COVID fatigue, as many are calling it, is prevalent in Florida and across the country. A wide range of precautions, worries and uncertainty seemingly never ends – and it’s tiring. Everyone is ready to eradicate this pandemic that has flipped lives upside down in so...
Are remote employees still entitled to overtime pay under federal law?
The U.S. Department of Labor sets wage and hour standards, including stipulations involving overtime pay, for employees pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The act mandates that certain employers compensate non-exempt employees one-and-a-half their regular rate...