If you’ve ever wondered why your employer makes you take forced meal breaks without pay, here’s why. [more]
Am I Entitled to Show-Up Pay?
Whether or not you’re entitled to receive show-up pay due to lack of work, depends on whether or not you are working under an agreement, company policy or state wage and hour law (or a related rule, regulation, or order) that requires your employer to pay it to you. [more]
Minimum Wage in 2011 - Updated
An increase to the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour is not anticipated in 2011. However, the seven states listed below increased the minimum wage on the effective date of January 1, 2011, to the hourly rates shown. [more]
Must my employer give me time off to vote?
If you’re wondering whether or not your employer must give you time off from work to vote in U.S. elections, such as in the midterm congressional elections on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, it depends on whether or not the state in which you work has enacted a law with employee “time off to vote” provisions. [more]
Can my employer change my job description?
To better understand the answer to that question, it’s important to first know that U.S. courts consider employment to be “at will”. [more]










