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Want to claim your unpaid wages or facing a difficult situation of unlawful termination/demotion? Only an experienced Employment Attorney can establish the valuation of the employee’s unpaid wage claim; which may consist of the wage he owes, unpaid overtime, interest, penalties and other damages. Know how to file an unpaid wages lawsuit? http://wflawfirm.com
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WAGE THEFT LAWYER DEFENDINGDEFRAUDEDWORKERS ACROSSTHEU.S.
AsperTheWageandHourDivision (WHD) oftheUnitedStatesDepartmentof Labour, iftheemployerrefusestopaywhattheemployeehasrightfullyearned, theemployeehaseveryrighttosuethemfortheunpaidwages. Thisalsoholds groundforworkerswhoquittheirjobsorwerefiredandhaven’tbeen remuneratedfortheirlastdaysofemployment. Ifonehasworkedbefore discontinuingwithhisemployment, hehasearnedhissalaryanddeservestosee it!
WAGE THEFT BY EMPLOYERS IS COSTING U.S. WORKERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR
TheFairLabourStandardsActorFLSA hasestablishedstrictandirrefutable standardsforemployers. Itstatesthat employeesmustbetenderedminimum wageperhouroftheirworkingtimein conformitywithovertimeregulations andcurrentminimumwagelaw; failing which, theemployeewillhavepowerto pursueanunpaidwageclaim. TheFairLabourStandardsActorFLSA alsolaysdownastrictpolicywhere theemployersarerequiredtopayone andhalftimestheemployee’sregular hourlywageforallhisovertimehours. Insuchcaseswheretheemployerfails topaytheovertimewages, the employeemaybeatlibertytoreceive compensationthroughawageand hourclaim.
UNPAID WAGES ATTORNEY DefendingdefraudedworkersacrosstheU.S.
The two ways of pursuing wage and hour claims are: • ThefirstwayispresentedundertheFair LabourStandardsActwhichisthe enforcementarmoftheWageandHour Division. Ithandlesclaimsonbehalfof employeesthroughouttheU.S. • Thesecondalternativeisbyfilinga privateclaimthroughanEmployment Attorneywhohasavariedexperience withcomplexlitigationandtraillaw.
OnlyanexperiencedEmploymentAttorneycanestablishthevaluationoftheOnlyanexperiencedEmploymentAttorneycanestablishthevaluationofthe employee’sunpaidwageclaim; whichmayconsistofthewageheowes, unpaid overtime, interest, penaltiesandotherdamages.
ExtensivewagetheftintheUnitedStatesisahugeproblemforstrugglingExtensivewagetheftintheUnitedStatesisahugeproblemforstruggling workers. Surveysrevealthattheunderpaymentofunsettledwagescanreduce affectedworkers’ earningsby50percentormore. Someofthecommonlegal issuesintheworkplacearementionedbelow.
Workplace sexual harassment: IntheUS, theCivilRightsActof1964forbids employmentbiasnessonthebasisofrace, sexand colour; nationaloriginorreligion. Attheoutset, thisact wasonlyintendedtotackleworkplacesexual harassmentagainstwomen. However, 42U.S.C. § 2000e-2coversthepreventionofsexdiscriminationfor bothfemalesandmales.
• Unlawful Termination/Demotion: Asituationwheretheemployeeisunlawfullyterminatedordemotedto apositionbeneathhisdignity. • Workplace Violence: Allemployeesareentitledtoapeacefulworkenvironment. Ina situationwhereviolencemayoccur, theemployeemustfileforlegal helptogetthejusticehedeserves. • Pregnancy discrimination: Asituationwhereapregnantfemaleemployeeisputinsuchan ambiencewheresheisforcedtoquitherjobordeniedbasiccomfort duringherworkinghoursorlookeddownuponbycolleagues.
• Disability or Age discrimination: Asituationwhereapersonwith disabilityisdiscriminatedagainst oranemployeeisdifferentiated onaccountofageinthemidstof fellowcolleagues. • Meal and rest break claims: Timeandagainithasbeen broughtundernoticethat employeeshavebeendenied theirbasicrightsofpropermeal andrestbreaks.
Anewreportfindsthatmanylargecorporations operatingintheUnitedStateshavehikedtheir profitsbyforcingemployeestoworkroundthe clock, defraudingthemoutofdeservedovertime payandengaginginvariousotherpracticesthat togetherareknownaswagetheft. Adetailed analysisoffederalandstatecourtrecordsshow thatthesecorporationshaveeventuallypaidout billionsofdollarstoresolvewagetheftlawsuits broughtbyworkers. http://wflawfirm.com | 419.243.9005 | info@wflawfirm.com