Your wages are how you pay bills, buy food and provide for your family. When your paycheck is short because your employer did not pay you the full amount, then you could face severe financial difficulties. You may be a victim of wage theft if your employer is...
Hardworking employees deserve to be paid all the wages they’re due. For some, this includes being paid for working more hours than what’s customary in a single work week. That pay is deemed overtime and is paid at a rate of 1.5 times the employee’s normal pay rate....
Overtime wages can be a boon for a financially stressed hourly worker. Receiving 150% of their average hourly pay can help them catch up on bills or cover unexpected expenses. They may eagerly offer to work any overtime shifts their employer has available. Of course,...
Employees deserve to be paid the money they’re due for the hours they put in. For some employees, this means being paid overtime. Because overtime pay is higher than normal hourly pay, some employers try to get away with not having to pay it. Federal and New York laws...
When receiving your paycheck from an employer, you also get a document called a pay stub. It should contain essential information about you, your earnings and deductions. As an employee, you might gloss over details in your paystub and go straight to your wage amount....
Laws are in place to protect your rights as a worker in New York. You are entitled to receive overtime pay for work beyond the 40-hours-per-week limit. Your employer is also prohibited from paying you a wage lower than the state’s minimum wage. Laws are also in place...
Laws generally require employers to pay fair compensation to their employees for time the latter spent working. Unfortunately, there are some employers who fail to meet this obligation, even going as far as to commit wage theft. What is wage theft? Wage theft occurs...
Employment practices could vary depending on the company's industry, size and the nature of their business. However, federal and state law provides specific provisions to protect employees. In New York, the Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA) stipulates requirements for...
When many people think about theft in America, they consider stories frequently profiled on television. Maybe they imagine people breaking into a jewelry store, for example, or robbing a bank. Maybe they just think of your average home invasion where someone’s...
As an employee, you have certain rights under the law. And, the nature of your employment arrangement determines those protections. The average worker has the right to certain wage expectations, including receiving the state's minimum wage and also overtime pay. They...
