October 17, 2022

A Westmoreland County restaurant and its owner were found liable in a civil trial for underpaying servers and kitchen staff over a period of several years.  Restaurant Owner Found Liable for Unpaid Wages Picante LLC, its successor Picante Grille LLC, and its owner Helius Mucino were found liable for violating state and federal wage and hour laws, following a three-day…

November 5, 2021

Under Pennsylvania law, non-state employees are entitled to an hourly minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. In addition, non-exempt employees are also entitled to overtime pay equal to one and a half times their regular rate of pay for any hours over 40 hours that are worked in any seven-day workweek. Tips received by an employee may be credited against…

August 5, 2021

A recent case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court led to a 5-2 ruling holding that employers are required under Pennsylvania wage laws to compensate employees for time spent in mandatory security screenings. Amazon Workers Filed Suit to Recover Wages for Time Stuck in Security Screenings In 2013, Amazon employees Neil Heimbach and Karen Salasky filed suit in state court in…

September 22, 2019

Hour and Wage Violations in Pennsylvania Has your boss ever asked you to put in a few extra hours in a workweek? If so, then are you sure you were compensated fairly? Overtime pay is regulated by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, so it’s important to know whether you are covered under this overtime law or not. Are you…

July 6, 2015

We have recently received many inquiries about wage and hour laws from people who working in the natural oil and gas industry. People are often complaining about not being paid what they are owed. This is unfair and illegal. If you have questions about wage and hour laws in Pennsylvania, call Goodrich

July 1, 2015

A huge federal discrepancy over paychecks and overtime in the United States means that many people who work and have worked overtime in the past will be getting much bigger checks in the near future. This is wage and hour issue is expected to be dealt with throughout the summer and into this fall. A new U.S. Labor Department law…

December 17, 2014

Wage and hour suits against Wal-Mart Wage and hour lawsuits spread far beyond the oil fields. Wal-Mart, the country’s largest employer of private employees (non-federal), was recently crushed with a $188 million order by the PA Supreme Court this week because it failed to give its workers the proper amount of time for meals and breaks. In the class action…

November 21, 2014

Wage and hour paid time Throughout the world, there are people who do not get paid for the work they do. Fortunately for us, we live in the United States and shouldn’t have to worry about wage and hour laws. Or so we would think. The truth is that many people in this country are not paid what they are…

November 18, 2014

Wage and hour employee misclassification Recently, we have been posting blogs on the subject of wage and hour laws. There are tens of thousands of workers in the United States today who aren’t being paid what they are due for their time and hard work. It happens across the board, but it is most prevalent in the gas and oil…

November 13, 2014

Pittsburgh wage and hour independent contractor attorneys Wage and hour class action and individual lawsuits have been popping up all over the country of late. This is especially true in the oil and gas industry, where people who work as pumpers, drivers, and oilfield engineers are being grossly underpaid by their employers. There are several types of ways employers classify…