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Wage Theft Often Goes Unreported. Don’t Let It Happen to You. Wage theft occurs when your employer withholds pay that you’ve rightfully earned. It’s a huge problem in the United States; one study by Cooper and Kroeger documented that approximately 2.4 million workers lost about $8 billion per year due […]

What Is It, and Do You Qualify? Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers are required to pay employees minimum wage and overtime compensation if they work more than 40 hours per week. However, there are exceptions—types of employees that are exempt from those requirements. Most exceptions are made based […]

How Our State Protects Workers in 2023 Both the state and the federal government have an interest in protecting workers from discrimination. While the federal government has several laws that prohibit discrimination based on various characteristics, some states go further with even stronger protections. Pennsylvania is one of those. What […]

And How Do You Know if You’re an “Executive”? Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), most US employees must be paid at least a minimum wage and overtime pay for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. However, there are a number of exemptions that leave many employees […]

And Are You Being Misclassified? The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes certain rules with regard to worker protections, including minimum wage and overtime pay standards for both government and private-sector employees. However, not all employees qualify for these protections. There are a number of exemptions, and one of those […]