Currently, federal law mandates that if you have an annual salary of $23,660 ($455 per week) or less, you are entitled to payment 1.5 times your normal wage for any time worked over 40 hours during a workweek. However, the Obama Administration is changing overtime law to provide overtime eligibility to 12.5 million employees who […]

In fiscal year 2015, 8,781 lawsuits were filed alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). That is an 8% jump from last year and a 358% increase from FY 2000. It is a record high, and the numbers are expected to be even higher in FY 2016. The FLSA addresses minimum wage, overtime […]