EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Wage and Hour Violations
Fitapelli & Schaffer represents individuals who have been wrongfully denied their proper wages. In New York, a person must be paid a minimum wage of $7.15 per hour and $10.70 per hour overtime for all hours over 40 hours worked per week. Even salaried employees may be eligible for overtime, including office workers, telephone operators, help desk employees, construction workers and repair technicians.
Food Service employees, such as waiters and bartenders must be paid the minimum wage of $4.60 per hour and $8.18 per hour overtime for all hours over 40 hours worked per week. Management should not withhold any portion of the employee’s tips and cannot deduct from an employee’s pay for customer walkouts, credit card fees and breakages.