I tell my clients regularly that even when a plaintiff wins, most juries do not award compensatory damages or punitive damages. Punitive damages are rare in employment cases. What would be required for a jury or judge to award punitive damages. We get a look at what is required in Rhines v. Salinas Construction Technologies
Some Employees Can Settle Wage Claims Privately
Defense lawyers are welcoming the decision in Martin v. Spring Break Productions, LLC, No. 30671 (5th Cir. 6/24/12). The decision, says Mike Maslanka and Russ Cawyer, allows an individual claimant to settle his/her FLSA claim. Until this decision was issued, the most common belief that an individual employee could settle a wage claim only
Low Wage Workers Are Not Paid What They Earned
In a recent survey, over half of low wage workers were found to not be receiving as much pay as they have earned. According to a study by the National Employment Law Project, the average worker lost $58 per week in unpaid wages. About one-fifth of workers were not paid the prevailing minimum wage