Unpaid Wages Articles and Information

Here is another example of an employer allegedly mis-classifying employees and not paying them overtime hours correctly. Employees should always be aware of their ‘status’ with their employer, and makes sure they are being classified correctly, and paid correctly! Employees for Russell Stover Candies Inc. filed a federal wage-and-hour lawsuit against the company, saying they [...]

A directory assistance and enhanced information company with a headquarters in Hanover Township PA, has violated federal minimum wage standards since 2009, a federal judge ruled last week. New York-based KGB USA Inc. was ordered to pay $1.3 million to nearly 15,000 current and former employees, the U.S. Department of Labor announced this morning in a news [...]

California labor officials have fined a Southern California hospital chain, Pacific Health Corp., more than $7 million for not paying employee wages and bouncing payroll checks. The company operates the Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center, Tustin Hospital, Newport Specialty Hospital, Bellflower Medical Center and Anaheim General Hospital. All of the locations were cited except the [...]

Tammy Williams became a Weight Watchers leader in Texas five years ago after losing 97 pounds in the program. The supplies that she handles fill a bedroom in her home, and she holds four meetings a week advising more than a hundred customers about the diet regimen…. Click here to read the rest of the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/business/devoted-to-weight-watchers-but-workers-rebel-against-low-wages.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

An employer may owe an employee wages after neglecting to supply the worker their normal paycheck (either the paycheck is not the correct amount or the employee simply never got paid on their normal payday) or failed to properly compensate the worker for any overtime hours he or she may have worked. If you have [...]