The federal Fair Labor Standards Act oversees the regulation of overtime in West Virginia, as well as throughout the United States. Though some questions have arisen in regards to whether salaried employees might be entitled to receive overtime payments, the answer is not a simple one.

First of all, ... continue reading

Overtime issues for salaried employees have become a concern for some workers in Utah. It may be surprising to some to find out that some salaried workers may actually be entitled to receive overtime.

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act, otherwise known as FLSA, is the applicable law. It ... continue reading

Are salaried employees in Pennsylvania entitled to receive overtime? This is a question that has many workers confused, and in search of answers. Surprisingly, some salaried workers are entitled to receive overtime payments, but there are some extenuating factors.

Basically, there are two different types of salaried employees. Salaried ... continue reading

Maine employees have increasingly presented questions about whether or not salaried workers are entitled to receive overtime. The simple answer is that yes, some salaried workers are legally entitled to receive overtime payments. There are, however, different criteria that must be met in order for this to hold true.

Some salaried employees in Louisiana have questions regarding the issue of overtime. Is it true that some salaried workers may have a right to get paid for overtime? The answer is yes.

The Fair Labor Standards Act is a federal law that makes it a requirement for employers to ... continue reading

Effective January 1, 2008 the minimum wage in Oregon is $7.95. California, Oregon, Arizona, and Missouri, along with 10 other states, changed their state minimum wage on the first day of January, 2008.

In the month of July in 2008, many other states will be changing their state minimum ... continue reading

Minimum wage is often handled differently for those who receive tips for their work, like waiters and bartenders.  Many states, as we as federal law, provide a separate minimum wage rate for these employees. 

The Kansas minimum wage for tipped employees is just $1.69 per hour. Kansas workers who ... continue reading

Overtime laws and minimum wage for tipped workers vary from state to state. 

Under West Virginia law, tipped employees must be paid at least $5.24 per hour. This is significantly more than the federal rate for tipped employees, which is $2.13 per hour.

By state and federal law, ... continue reading

Employees in Washington, DC have a right to learn about the labor laws that impact them at work by reviewing labor law posters. These labor law posters should be posted in an area of the workplace that is visible to all employees, such as an employee break room or a ... continue reading

Employees in all states across the country should be able to review information about the labor laws that impact them in the workplace. These labor laws should be posted on labor law posters. The posters should then be displayed in the workplace in an area that is visible and accessible ... continue reading

Employees in all states across the country should be able to learn more information about the labor laws that impact them in the workplace by reviewing their labor law rights on the labor law posters that are displayed in the workplace. Each workplace in the state of Virginia should have ... continue reading

The laws concerning the minimum wage for tipped employees and overtime benefits differ between states.

In Kentucky, tipped workers must be paid at least $2.13 per hour. Employees are entitled to overtime after 40 hours per week. Kentucky employees are also entitled to overtime on the 7 th day ... continue reading

Florida is one of several U.S. states with no overtime law on the books. Instead, most workers are entitled to 1.5 times their usual hourly rate after 40 hours, under federal law.

The Florida statutes make an exception for those performing manual labor. They are entitled to overtime after ... continue reading

State laws differ greatly with regards to overtime pays and the minimum wage for workers who receive tips.

Washington is one of just 7 states that require tipped workers to be paid the same minimum wage as others. For 2008, that’s $8.07 per hour. Overtime after 40 hours is ... continue reading

There is no Idaho law that requires employers to pay overtime.  Instead, most workers in the state are entitled to overtime after 40 hours under federal law.

The Idaho minimum wage of $5.85 increases with the federal minimum wage. On July 24, 2008 both state and federal rates will ... continue reading

Delaware, along with several other states, increased the state minimum wage in 2008.  Minimum wage changes for these states took effect on the first day of the year.

January always brings minimum wage increases, and 2008 is no exception. A total of 14 states have already increased the state ... continue reading

The minimum wage for tipped employees varies between states.  Overtime laws are also different from state to state. 

In Arkansas, the minimum wage is $6.25 for 2008. The minimum wage for tipped employees is 42% of that rate, or $2.63 per hour. This is higher than the federal minimum ... continue reading

Most workers in Maryland are entitled to overtime after working 40 hours per week, under state law. By statute, workers must be paid 1.5 times their usual hourly rate for each hour of overtime worked.

The minimum wage in Maryland is $6.15 per hour until July 1, 2008, when ... continue reading

There are three main dates during 2008 when many states will be increasing their minimum wage.  These include January 1 st , July 1 st and July 24 th . 

The 2008 minimum wage in Florida is $6.79 per hour. Fourteen states will be raising their minimum wages at ... continue reading

For 2008, the Colorado minimum wage is $7.02 per hour.

There are about fourteen states that increased their minimum wage, including Colorado. These changes took place on January 1, 2008.  Those changes are:

                                    2008                 2007

Washington                  $8.07                $7.93 Massachusetts              $8.00                $7.50 California                      $8.00                $7.50 ... continue reading

Delaware is one of a handful of states with no overtime law on the state level. Employees are entitled to time-and-one-half after 40 hours under federal, not state, law.

Many states have exceptions to their minimum wage regulations.  Some states may not have minimum wage statutes, while others have ... continue reading

January 1, 2008 marks the date when the Arizona minimum wage increased by 15 cents, from $6.75 to $6.90 per hour.

In all, fourteen states raised their minimum wage on that date.  Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Vermont, Missouri, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Montana, Kentucky, Delaware, and Iowa are among ... continue reading

Wyoming offers few protections for workers under state law. The law does, however, require that workers on public works projects be paid 1.5 times their usual wage when they work over 8 hours in a day, or over 40 hours in a week. This includes projects sponsored by any city, ... continue reading

Wisconsin offers more protection for workers than nearly any other state. While employers in most other states can require that an employee work 7 days per week, that is not so in Wisconsin.

Under the Wisconsin mandatory overtime laws, an employee must receive at least one day off in ... continue reading

West Virginia is a state in the forefront on the fight for nurse’s rights.

Under the West Virginia mandatory overtime laws, a hospital may not compel a nurse to work overtime if the nurse believes that doing so would endanger the safety of patients and employees. This law applies to ... continue reading

Washington is one of the very few states where an employee may request “comp” time, or compensatory time off work, instead of overtime pay. In most states and under federal law, only government employees, or those who are employed by non-profit agencies, may take comp time in lieu of being ... continue reading

The New World Restaurant group was recently fined for not paying overtime to almost 10,000 employees in coffee shops in Virginia and across the nation.

The U.S. Dept. of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division began an investigation of New World in Arlington, where it found that the company was ... continue reading