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Wage class action settlement for Big Lots Employees Employees can sue if their breaks were interrupted or they got no lunch breaks at all. Workers must be paid for all time they are required to be onsite. -
Potential COVID Wage Claims: Gig worker vs being an employee During the COVID-19 crisis, employers may illegally classify employees as 1099 "gig" independent contractors to cut corners and save money. -
Potential COVID-19 Wage Claims: Overtime Violations Working remotely from home during the COVID-19 crisis does not mean you are available 24/7. And you need to be compensated for all of the time you put in. -
Potential COVID-19 Wage Claims: Delay in payment Delay in the payment of wages, even during a pandemic, is not acceptable and violates the MA Wage Act. Your employer needs to pay you according to the law . -
No pay, no rights, no choice: Working to stay out of prison Drug and alcohol recovery programs used as way to con addicts into providing free labor with no workplace protections or rights instead of going to prison. -
Taking money out of your paycheck for a mistake you made Your employer can't take money out of your paycheck for damage it claims you caused without first resorting to the court process. -
Hair Cuttery: Cheated employees out of pay in a pandemic? Despite the Covid 19 pandemic, employers are still required to pay employees their earned wages on time. The Hair Cuttery in NJ decided not to, allegedly. -
Pandemic Hazard Pay Introduced to Some Massachusetts Workers Discussion of hazard pay being introduced in MA in the face of COVID-19/coronavirus like who benefits from The Heroes Fund, healthcare workers and rollout plan -
How Employers Avoid Paying Overtime in Massachusetts Do you work overtime? Learn about the tricks your employer may use to avoid paying you and how to get the overtime pay you’ve earned. -
Staples Settles Overtime Class Action Lawsuit - $42 Million Staples Settles Overtime Wage Class Action Lawsuits for $42 Million