A lawyer representing 800 Indiana steel workers brought before the U.S. Supreme Court the issue of whether workers should receive compensation for putting on and taking off protective gear. Is changing into protective gear really just changing clothes, or is it...
Wage And Hour Laws
Lady Gaga dances around claim of omitting overtime, settles suit
Indiana fans of pop recording star Lady Gaga may have heard that the singer and her touring company have recently settled a claim alleging unpaid wages that had been brought by her former personal assistant. The woman's claim that the defendants were omitting overtime...
Indiana workers strike for higher wages
Striking workers in Indiana are asking for wage increases far higher than what has been proposed. They believe that at a rate of $7.25 per hour they are paid less than owed for their work. Fast food workers who staged a single-day strike are calling for a minimum wage...
Dollar stores reported for poor work conditions, labor violations
Indiana residents may be interested in some allegations that have arisen regarding Dollar General and other popular dollar stores. These stores operate by offering goods at extremely low prices, which means that they often must try to cut other costs in order to make...
Assisted living company agrees to pay out $2.2 million settlement
An unpaid-wage case from the West Coast has a lot of our Indiana readers cheering this month after the employer agreed to pay out a $2.2 million settlement for claims that it routinely underpaid its workers. This particular class-action lawsuit highlighted the...
7-Eleven launches inquiries into exploitation allegations
Some of our readers here in Indianapolis may remember the employment scandal that rocked the 7-Eleven name just weeks ago. As some of you may recall, federal investigators executed search warrants on 7-Eleven stores across the nation after receiving information...
Could recent court cases bring an end to unpaid internships?
At the beginning of April, we brought the subject of internships to the attention of our readers, making particular notes on how to recognize whether an employer was adhering to Indiana state and federal employment laws regarding payment. This, in turn, raised...
Can employers force you to receive wages on a fee-carrying cards?
People in Indiana are used to seeing the McDonald's fast-food franchise in the media's eye for two reasons: low-wage claims and its contribution to the obesity epidemic in the United States. But soon, employment law followers across the nation could be seeing...
Rainforest Cafe accused of not paying minimum wage to servers
As many servers here in Indiana will agree, tips are the lifeblood of the profession. That's because most states across the nation, like Indiana, allow for a lower hourly minimum wage because employers in the industry assume that the tips received from patrons will...
Unpaid wages lead to lawsuit against hospital chain
While visitors to our blog have read about cases in which employees have had to sue their employers for unpaid wages, people the nation over are seeing this scenario played out right now in California. According to recent reports, the Bellflower Medical Center...