Articles Posted in Employment Law

Some managers have to be paid overtime, some do not; it depends on their duties. To be exempt as an executive, which some managers are exempt from the overtime wage requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, there have to be certain duties met, as well as the person has to be paid on a…

Sometimes managers have to be paid overtime, sometimes managers do not — it depends on the duties of the actual managers. The overtime wage law, which is called the Fair Labor Standards Act, has a provision for executive-level employees, which some managers fall within that requirement. That would include being paid on a salary basis…

All employees do not need to have employment agreements, in fact most employees do not have employment agreements with their employees. It is beneficial though for employers to at least to have written policies, typically these should be signed off by the employees covering what is expected of the employee in the work place.

An employer typically cannot hold your paycheck until you return equipment because the employer always has to pay at least the minimum wage. Some employers attempt to do this where they withhold a paycheck. In that case, the employee can bring a claim for minimum wages as well as for their withheld paycheck. Employer, however,…

If there are untrue statements made by the former employer, the question is, were these defamatory statements? If they’re defamatory or they cast the employee in a false light, then there can be a claim for defamation. There also might be a claim for retaliation. That’s why it’s typically advisable for employers to be very…

An employer can require an employee to arbitrate claims after they’ve been hired, but there has to be a written agreement signed by both the employer and the employee. Courts will typically honor those agreements because courts encourage arbitration to minimize the impact in courts and allow the parties, both the employer and employee to…

There are many exceptions to employment at will, and these are what are called discrimination laws. When an employee is being discriminated against based on race, on age, ethnicity, whistle-blower status, worker’s compensation status, these are exceptions to the at will rule that have been created by the courts as well as by the legislatures.…

Not all employers are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. There are 2 basic types of coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act. One type, the typical type is enterprise coverage meaning that the employer has to have at least $500,000 in revenues, and it has to have at least 2 employees. There are…

Non-compete agreements are not always enforceable. Florida typically requires that all competition be allowed, and there shall be no restriction of competition, but there’s a separate statute in Florida, which is 542.335 Florida statutes that governs non-compete agreements. That statute requires that there be certain legitimate business interests of the employer set out in the…

False claims, or Qui Tam laws, are laws that allow somebody to bring a claim on behalf of the government, and that person is called the relater, who brings the claim, and they brought, they bring the claim on behalf of the government against a business that is cheating or stealing from the government. When…