IT professionals: those magicians who can turn somebody’s idea into a software product or speaks in 1’s-and-0’s-ese enough to be able to fix computer problems that tech laypeople find any number of ways to mess up. Whether titled a Chief Technology Officer (CTO), programmer/ coder, IT technician, help desk support, computer science major intern, or
Read postYou work in a tall office building, with an elevator. You wear nice clothes to work. You have business cards, and a formal title. You work hard, and are good at what you do. You work long hours, if anyone were keeping track. But when it comes right down to it, you suspect you’re not
Read postWhat happens when the company you work for tells you that they are not going to pay you until the company gets paid? “We are so sorry but because the company has not gotten paid yet, we can’t pay you at this time. As soon as we get paid on this contract, we will make
Read postUnscrupulous employers are constantly finding new ways to cheat employees like you out of the wages they are rightfully entitled to. Refusing to pay time-and-a-half for overtime, charging you for breaks you never took, failing to pay minimum wage, forcing you to work off the clock, threatening you with termination or potentially even calling immigration
Read postThe Bottom Line: Your employer must pay you for EVERY minute you work, and pay you TIME AND A HALF for every minute you work OVER 40 hours as long as you are a non-exempt employee. Period. An employer can: Require employees to work more than 40 hours. Rule that employees not work over 40
Read postImagine two different travel scenarios. In the first, you book some tickets to a completely unfamiliar locale for your vacation. You check out some guide books and do some research on the internet about your destination ahead of time, but other than that you decide to wing it.
Read postHave you ever heard of a Catch-22? The term comes from a famous book, and has come to be mean “a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules. An example would be: To apply for a job, you need to have a few years of experience. But in order to
Read postBelow are seven obstacles that too often prevent workers from speaking up and taking action to protect their wage rights. All of these barriers to wage justice are unnecessary, and we’ll explain how we can help you overcome them. 1) Unfamiliarity with the system The lack of knowledge about the system and wage rights is
Read postWe’ve noticed that lately we have been hearing from a significant number of women – especially in professional settings – with concerns about how they are being paid. It is shocking how many small businesses and startups in particular will ask people to work for them for weeks and months at a time sometimes with
Read postIn our last blog we provided four tips for how to (and not to) talk to people about your termination. Getting fired is never fun, but you’ve got to remember to be careful about how you talk about it — not only for any potential legal action you are planning to take, but also for
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