Unpaid Internships - Common but Illegal
A common, but frequently unreported labor violation is the use of unpaid interns in violation of minimum wage and possibly overtime laws. The scenario is fairly typical: a company offers an...
View ArticleSchwarzenegger Terminates Overtime for Many Computer Programmers
On October 11, 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law that eliminates the right to overtime for many computer programmers in California effective January 1, 2008. Historically, California...
View ArticleChanges to California Labor Laws for 2008
With the new year come new laws in the labor and employment field. The following are some of the key changes for 2008:1. Minimum Wage increases to $8.00 per hour. I did see a couple a new minimum wage...
View Article$1.1 Million in Attorneys Fee for $30,300 in damages
Many readers of my blogs and the gotovertime website know that a major tool that employees have in getting employers to comply with the law is that the employee can frequently recover attorneys fees if...
View ArticleArbitration: Be careful what you wish for
Many employers utilize mandatory arbitration agreements, claiming that they "make the process more efficient." I find that they tend to drive up the cost of litigation because the employer must pay...
View ArticlePrestigious Law Firm Winston & Strawn cites Law Offices of Michael Tracy for...
The case of Carrera v. Bally Total Fitness Corporation is a class action case for labor law violations. The basic allegations are the Ballys is violating various provisions of the labor laws, but...
View ArticleDefense Attorneys Continue to Drive Employers out of California
There are a couple of things that inevitably come in to my office nearly every week. The first is a letter form an attorney representing an employer stating that my lawsuit is "frivolous" and that...
View ArticleYahoo CEO Jerry Yang is Entitled to Overtime
The general rule in California is that everyone is entitled to overtime unless they meet one of the narrowly defined exemptions. This means that many nurses, field service engineers, computer...
View ArticleChanges to Computer Professional Wage Rates
California's Computer Professional Exemption, as codified in Cal. Lab. Code § 515.5 was enacted in September of 2000. Since then, the law has been revised several time to cover more and more computer...
View ArticleOvertime and Tuition Benefits
In computing how much overtime an employee is due under the law, all remuneration, in any form, must be included in computing the regular rate of pay. That is, if an employee earns some extra wages in...
View ArticleCourt rules unpaid internships illegal
I commented years ago about unpaid internships being illegal. Recently a federal court in New York ruled that the unpaid interns on the film production of Black Swan were actually employees entitled...
View ArticleSchwarzenegger Terminates Overtime for Many Computer Programmers
On October 11, 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law that eliminates the right to overtime for many computer programmers in California effective January 1, 2008. Historically, California...
View ArticleChanges to California Labor Laws for 2008
With the new year come new laws in the labor and employment field. The following are some of the key changes for 2008:1. Minimum Wage increases to $8.00 per hour. I did see a couple a new minimum wage...
View Article$1.1 Million in Attorneys Fee for $30,300 in damages
Many readers of my blogs and the gotovertime website know that a major tool that employees have in getting employers to comply with the law is that the employee can frequently recover attorneys fees if...
View ArticleArbitration: Be careful what you wish for
Many employers utilize mandatory arbitration agreements, claiming that they "make the process more efficient." I find that they tend to drive up the cost of litigation because the employer must pay...
View ArticlePrestigious Law Firm Winston & Strawn cites Law Offices of Michael Tracy for...
The case of Carrera v. Bally Total Fitness Corporation is a class action case for labor law violations. The basic allegations are the Ballys is violating various provisions of the labor laws, but...
View ArticleDefense Attorneys Continue to Drive Employers out of California
There are a couple of things that inevitably come in to my office nearly every week. The first is a letter form an attorney representing an employer stating that my lawsuit is "frivolous" and that...
View ArticleYahoo CEO Jerry Yang is Entitled to Overtime
The general rule in California is that everyone is entitled to overtime unless they meet one of the narrowly defined exemptions. This means that many nurses, field service engineers, computer...
View ArticleChanges to Computer Professional Wage Rates
California's Computer Professional Exemption, as codified in Cal. Lab. Code § 515.5 was enacted in September of 2000. Since then, the law has been revised several time to cover more and more computer...
View ArticleOvertime and Tuition Benefits
In computing how much overtime an employee is due under the law, all remuneration, in any form, must be included in computing the regular rate of pay. That is, if an employee earns some extra wages in...
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