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ESEmployment Law Resources for Workers
Use these resources from Fitapelli & Schaffer to explore employee classification, daily pay arrangements, and wage issues in specific industries. Start with the guide that matches your concern, then follow the links for more detail. Federal protections can apply nationwide, while state laws may provide additional rights.
Employee Classification and Overtime Eligibility
These guides explain how worker classification and job responsibilities can affect wage rights. They’re a starting point for understanding your situation, rather than a determination of whether you have a claim.
Assistant Manager Misclassification
Learn why an assistant manager title alone doesn’t determine whether you qualify for overtime.
Learn MoreAssistant Manager Salary and Overtime Rights
Find out why receiving a salary doesn’t automatically eliminate an assistant manager’s right to overtime pay.
Learn MoreExempt vs. Non-Exempt Employees
Understand what overtime exemptions mean and why your actual duties and compensation matter.
Learn MoreIndependent Contractor Misclassification
Explore when a worker classified as an independent contractor may actually be an employee with wage protections.
Learn MoreJob Reclassification
Explore whether a change in overtime classification raises questions about how you were paid before the change.
Learn MoreDaily Pay Arrangements and Overtime
Payment by the day doesn’t automatically resolve overtime eligibility. These resources address daily compensation and the distinction between pay for work and expense reimbursements.
AML Overtime Lawsuits
Anti-Money Laundering employees for financial institutions may be owed overtime compensation. Read more about these positions and how the FLSA can help protect these workers’ rights.
Learn MoreDay Rate Overtime Pay
If you are paid a day rate, your company may owe you for unpaid overtime when working over 40 hours in a work week. Read on to see which industries and what positions are usually affected as day rate workers.
Learn MoreOil Field Jobs and Overtime Pay
Due to the high demand of oil field workers and not enough laborers to cover them, workers in this industry often work long hours and are not properly compensated. Read on to see which positions are most commonly affected.
Learn MoreOil Field Overtime Lawsuit
Oil and gas workers working long hours for weeks at a time have decided to fight back against major corporations that have been taking advantage of them. Click here to see what a wage lawsuit may be able to recover for you.
Learn MorePer Diem Workers
If you are paid per diem, your company may owe you for unpaid overtime when working over 40 hours in a work week. Read on to see which industries and what positions are usually affected as per diem workers.
Learn MoreAdditional Resources
Marcellus Shale
Read more about the explosion of jobs in the oil and gas industry and how natural gas companies may be taking advantage of workers by not paying them all of their wages. See what kinds of positions may be affected.
Learn MoreFracking Overtime Lawsuits in NY and PA
Workers in the oil and gas industry completing hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas may not be getting paid correctly for all of their work. Read more about the recent lawsuits brought forwards by fracking workers.
Learn MoreRestaurant Worker Rights
Unfortunately the restaurant industry frequently overworks their employees and fails to pay them properly. Read more about how Fitapelli & Schaffer fights for restaurant workers nationwide.
Learn MoreRestaurant Worker Rights in NY
The thousands of restaurants in New York generate plenty of jobs, however, most times they do not pay their employees in accordance to the law. Read more about the New York Labor Law (NYLL) and how Fitapelli & Schaffer champions to protect worker’s rights under it.
Learn MoreTalk With an Employment Lawyer
Have questions about your pay or classification? Contact Fitapelli & Schaffer at (212) 300-0375 for a free consultation. We can discuss your work, pay arrangement, and the laws that may apply to your situation.
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