Category: Wage Theft & Unpaid Wages

Workers may lose up to 15% of their paychecks There’s strong evidence that wage theft is a big problem in the City of Philadelphia. According to the Sheller Center for Social Justice at Temple University, tens of thousands of low-wage workers in Philadelphia are victims of wage theft on a […]

Thousands of Chipotle employees say they were cheated out of their pay Wage theft – when employers intentionally deny employees’ wages or benefits – can be hard to spot sometimes. A few inexplicable paycheck deductions may escape employees’ notice. Shorting people overtime pay may not be all that hard because […]

4.2 million more people may qualify for overtime The Department of Labor (DOL) may be giving millions of workers an early holiday gift this year. As of December 1st, the agency’s new rule on overtime goes into effect. However, while the DOL states that approximately 4.2 million people may be […]

Employees claim they were forced to work after clocking out Score one for the little guy. Corporate behemoth Wal-Mart just appealed to U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to have a multi-million dollar verdict against the company overturned. But that plan failed. The nation’s highest court declined to take the […]

Employer created phony records to cover up wage and hour violations One business owner who attempted to line his own pockets by shortchanging his workers learned a powerful lesson: There are serious consequences to violating wage and hour laws. A Papa John’s franchisee has been sentenced to 60 days in […]