Last month, 8 club dancers employed by a Dallas-based adult entertainment business filed suit against their employer.  The plaintiffs work or previously worked at clubs in Lubbock, Dallas, Fort Worth, Abilene, and Odessa.

The dancers' claim states that their employer classifies them as contract workers, instead of hourly employees.  As a contract worker, individuals are able to set their own hours and typically use their own equipment to do their work.  However, the dancers say that they are assigned the hours they will work by the club and they are fined if they do not show up for their assigned hours.

According to the lawsuit, the dancers do not receive hourly pay and are not granted overtime for any hours worked in excess of 40 hours a week.  

To speak with an attorney about a wage or hour dispute you have with an employer, contact the Houston wage and hour dispute attorneys of Ross Law Group by calling 800-634-8042 today. 

Last month, the Department of Labor introducted a new Smartphone application that allows workers to easily track and record the hours they work and how much they should be paid.

The application was designed to help settle any wage and hour disputes between employees and employers.  The Department named it DOL-Timsheet.  With the app, smartphone users and workers can enter and calculate regular working hours, lunch breaks, other breaks, and overtime hours.  Furthermore, with this information, the application can give workers an idea of how much they should be paid for the hours they worked.

"This app will help empower workers to understand and stand up for their rights when employers have denied their hard-earned pay," said Department of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis.

If you have a dispute with an employer over wages or hours, contact the Houston wage and hour dispute lawyers of Ross Law Group at 713-482-6910 to learn more about your rights.

Last week, a group of construction workers working in Austin on projects like the new high rise apartment complex 21 Rio and the Gables Park Plaza downtown filed suit against their contractors for not receiving the proper payment.  The workers did plaster work on the buildings from February 2009 to June 2009.

According to the suit, around 23 construction workers were not paid for any overtime that they worked in addition to not being paid at all for their last few weeks on the job.  The suit is being filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act and allows other workers who feel they were insufficiently compensated to join.

The workers have tried to negotiate with the contractors, Greater Metroplex Interiors and Capoera Construction, for a year about the unpaid overtime.  One worker stated, "We often worked up to 70 hours, six days a week with no rest breaks.  We were denied overtime pay and were not paid at all for our final weeks of work.  We simply want what is fair".

If you or someone you know is not receiving the pay they deserve, contact the Houston wage and hour dispute attorneys of Ross Law Group at 713-482-6910 to learn more about your rights.

When an employee performs a service for an employer, the time spent performing that service is generally considered to be working time. Under wage and hour laws, the employee must be fairly compensated for any working time. 

Working time not only includes the time working under normal hours but also includes any time spent working outside of normal hours. For instance, if an employee works overtime, then the employer must pay that employee a fair overtime compensation. 

If you believe you have not been fairly compensated for the work you have performed, contact the Houston fair compensation attorneys of the Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042.