Company Overtime Violations
Long hours but no OT? No problem, court says
You’d think it would be easy to tell if an employer is paying its workers hourly or by commission. But in this case, it wasn’t. Brex, Inc. compensated its auto technicians via a complicated payment system. The system gave rise to a dispute between the technicians and the employer. The technicians said they were hourly […]

Ouch! Off-the-books wage payments lead to seven-figure payout
The owners of three Japanese steakhouses are on the hook for more than $1.45 million. This follows the entry of a consent judgment in a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit. The federal Department of Labor (DOL) targeted Yuan Zheng Xiao and Christine Xiao. The pair own Fusion Japanese Restaurants in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. […]

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