One of the Country’s Strongest Minimum Wage Laws The New Jersey Minimum Wage Act is one of several laws and statutes aimed at ensuring that employees in New Jersey are paid an adequate living wage. New Jersey is one of the most progressive states in the country when it comes […]
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The Law That Protects Equal Wages for Women The Equal Pay Act (EPA) requires employers to pay male and female employees equally for the same work. Technically it promotes pay equity for men as well as women, but it was crafted to remedy the strongly entrenched pay disparities faced by […]
The Statute That Sets the Standards for Wage Payment in Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act is the statute that sets the minimum wage and overtime pay rules in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Recently the federal minimum wage has been in the news, as lawmakers have attempted to raise it […]
Now What? Many sales employees live by their commissions. But what happens if you leave your job, and your employer withholds commissions you’ve earned? It happens more often than it should, and it’s unlawful. Are Employers Ever Allowed To Withhold Your Commissions? Generally speaking, your employer should not withhold […]
Don’t Let Your Employer Get Away With Not Paying You Overtime Is your employer trying to cheat you out of overtime pay because you work from home? As COVID-19 outbreaks intensify, employers throughout the country are mandating that their employees work from home. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), […]