The construction industry has had a long history of wage violations, whether of prevailing wage laws or just “ordinary” wage hour laws. Another example of this trend has emerged in
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Prevailing Wage
Prevailing Wage Class Action Dismissed for Failure to Allege “Public Work” Was Involved
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The area of prevailing wage law, construction wage-hour law, is a niche within a niche and a very complicated area of wage hour law. I am proud to say I…
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Decertification of a Class and Rejection of Another Class in the Same Case: The Daily Double!
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This is an interesting case because it combines the elements of necessary, but not proven, commonality of situation for class certification and a quirky element of overtime calculation based on…
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Prevailing Wage Law Case Shows Intricacies Of Such Laws: The Apprentice Issue
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The world of prevailing wage law is a complex and nuanced one. It is, in truth, a niche within a niche of the wage-hour world. I have handled almost one…
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Deductions Issues Require Scrutiny of Both Federal and State Laws
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Employers may make deductions for uniforms under the Fair Labor Standards Act but such deductions cannot take their wage rates under the minimum. Life Time Fitness just learned this truism.
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‘Tis the Season
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Employers often have questions relating to basic wage and hour issues. This blog post is designed to refresh your memory as to the current status of some of your more…
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New York City’s “Living Wage” Expands
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Small business owners now have additional wage and hour concerns that need to be addressed in deciding where to open for business in New York City. The minimum wage could…
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Proposed Big Hike In New York Minimum Wage Would Have Untoward Effects
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I posted last week on the issue of raising the minimum wage for tipped workers in New Jersey, but that State is not alone in these efforts. There are a…
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Sandy Contractor Hit With NJ Prevailing Wage Suit
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Prevailing wage (“PW”) law is an almost anachronistic subset within the field of wage hour law. Prevailing wages mean those wages that “prevail” in union contracts within a defined geographical…
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It Can Happen To You: Department of Labor Sued For Wage Hour Violations
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What a strange turn of events, a Department of Labor being cited for not paying the prevailing wage. Yet this is exactly what has happened in Delaware. A Delaware state…
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