Many employees nationwide, including in West Virginia, use various ways to protect their business's bottom lines -- many times to the detriment of their employees. One method they use is the misclassification of employees. It costs a company a whole lot less to employ...
How to obtain back pay from your employer
If you work more than 40 hours in a single workweek, you might be entitled to overtime pay. Your overtime rate is 150% of your average hourly wage. Therefore, if you typically made $7 an hour, your West Virginia employer would be required to pay an overtime wage of...
CHRISTIAN HOME HEALTHCARE ORDERED BY FEDERAL COURT TO PAY MORE THAN 500 WORKERS $1.6M IN BACK WAGES, DAMAGES
Pittsburgh Home Health Care Agency Misclassified Employees Under Federal Law A U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh has ordered a payment of more than $1.6 million in back wages and damages to 546 home health aides. Christian Home...
PITTSBURGH AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE ORDERED TO PAY $35,492 IN OVERTIME BACK WAGES
Ambulance Service Violated Federal Law by Not Paying Employees for Sleep Time After a rigorous investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Divisions, the Jefferson Hills Area Ambulance Association—which is a private service performing as the...
Protected employee interests under the Fair Labor Standards Act
Young people in West Virginia who enter the job market for the first time might have heard that the Fair Labor Standards Act will protect their interests. But what does that mean? They might have questions about pay, wages and benefits, and what is required by the...
Understanding when to expect overtime compensation
According to the Fair Labor Standards Act, workers nationwide, including in West Virginia, are entitled to no less than the minimum wage for the first 40 hours worked in one week. Employers must pay any additional work hours at an overtime rate of no less than one and...
Calculating overtime pay for tipped employees
For hourly workers who receive a minimum wage and no tips, it is often easy to calculate how much overtime an employer owes when the employee works more than 40 hours a week. Overtime pay is typically one and a half times the worker’s regular rate. For tipped...
You may be able to file a FSLA violation claim
Residents and workers in West Virginia may want to know more about the process for filing wage and hour claims if their employers have not complied with the law. This may be in regard to wages, hours, and other conditions. The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S....
Misclassification leaves many workers without benefits
The definition of an employee is evolving as gig workers and independent contractors discover the benefits of working on their own. No longer do the old nine-to-five Monday through Friday standards fit many of today’s workers. Unfortunately, West Virginia employers do...
Per diem pay comes with complex risks
Most employees expect to be compensated for their work with a regular salary or an hourly wage. However, in some situations, an employer may offer per diem pay. What does this mean, and how might it effect an employee’s wage and hour rights? Per diem literally means...
