Employment Law
How to File a Wage and Unpaid Overtime Claim
Illinois Overtime Payment Laws Illinois law mandates that no employer can require an employee to work more than 40 hours per week unless that employee receives compensation for additional hours works at a rate of at least 1 ½ times his regular pay rate. For example, if your regular wages are $10 per hours, your…
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In May of this past year Dollar Tree paid $300,000 to more than 4,200 former and current employees. The suit claims that Dollar Tree failed to compensate the employees for routine “off the clock” work. This practice was widespread throughout all of the Dollar Tree stores. The employees were forced to perform work tasks during…
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