Category: Wage Theft & Unpaid Wages

Is Your Employer Not Paying You What You’re Owed? Wage theft occurs when your employer doesn’t pay you what you’re owed. It can involve paying less—or not paying at all. There are many ways employers engage in this practice—and here are just a few examples to look out for. Paying […]

When Interns Are Entitled to Compensation Internships are supposed to give students an opportunity to get to know an industry, make valuable connections, and gain experience that will prepare them for paid work. Ideally, both the intern and the company benefit from the arrangement—but the position should primarily be for […]

How It Protects You Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is unlawful at the federal level to discriminate based on sex in the workplace, including paying women less than men for the same job. But Pennsylvania also has its own equal pay law. The Pennsylvania […]

Employers take advantage of employees every day—in many different ways. Some of these ways are more obvious; others can be subtle. And some are unlawful as well as unfair. Here are some of the most common ways we see employers taking advantage of employees. By Misclassifying Employees Under the Fair […]

If They Do, You May Be Entitled to Overtime Pay When you’re a salaried employee, you’re usually exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). That means you’re not entitled to receive minimum wage or overtime pay. A number of things can affect your exempt or non-exempt status, including your […]