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Wage Theft Attorney- Defending Defrauded Workers Across The U.S.

Want to claim your unpaid wages or facing a difficult situation of unlawful termination/demotion? Only an experienced Employment Attorney can establish the valuation of the employee’s unpaid wage claim; which may consist of the wage he owes, unpaid overtime, interest, penalties and other damages. Know how to file an unpaid wages lawsuit? http://wflawfirm.com

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Wage Theft Attorney- Defending Defrauded Workers Across The U.S.

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  1. WAGE THEFT LAWYER DEFENDINGDEFRAUDEDWORKERS ACROSSTHEU.S.

  2.  AsperTheWageandHourDivision (WHD) oftheUnitedStatesDepartmentof Labour, iftheemployerrefusestopaywhattheemployeehasrightfullyearned, theemployeehaseveryrighttosuethemfortheunpaidwages. Thisalsoholds groundforworkerswhoquittheirjobsorwerefiredandhaven’tbeen remuneratedfortheirlastdaysofemployment. Ifonehasworkedbefore discontinuingwithhisemployment, hehasearnedhissalaryanddeservestosee it!

  3. WAGE THEFT BY EMPLOYERS IS COSTING U.S. WORKERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR

  4. TheFairLabourStandardsActorFLSA hasestablishedstrictandirrefutable standardsforemployers. Itstatesthat employeesmustbetenderedminimum wageperhouroftheirworkingtimein conformitywithovertimeregulations andcurrentminimumwagelaw; failing which, theemployeewillhavepowerto pursueanunpaidwageclaim.  TheFairLabourStandardsActorFLSA alsolaysdownastrictpolicywhere theemployersarerequiredtopayone andhalftimestheemployee’sregular hourlywageforallhisovertimehours. Insuchcaseswheretheemployerfails topaytheovertimewages, the employeemaybeatlibertytoreceive compensationthroughawageand hourclaim.

  5. UNPAID WAGES ATTORNEY DefendingdefraudedworkersacrosstheU.S.

  6. The two ways of pursuing wage and hour claims are: • ThefirstwayispresentedundertheFair LabourStandardsActwhichisthe enforcementarmoftheWageandHour Division. Ithandlesclaimsonbehalfof employeesthroughouttheU.S. • Thesecondalternativeisbyfilinga privateclaimthroughanEmployment Attorneywhohasavariedexperience withcomplexlitigationandtraillaw.

  7. OnlyanexperiencedEmploymentAttorneycanestablishthevaluationoftheOnlyanexperiencedEmploymentAttorneycanestablishthevaluationofthe employee’sunpaidwageclaim; whichmayconsistofthewageheowes, unpaid overtime, interest, penaltiesandotherdamages. 

  8. ExtensivewagetheftintheUnitedStatesisahugeproblemforstrugglingExtensivewagetheftintheUnitedStatesisahugeproblemforstruggling workers. Surveysrevealthattheunderpaymentofunsettledwagescanreduce affectedworkers’ earningsby50percentormore. Someofthecommonlegal issuesintheworkplacearementionedbelow.

  9. Workplace sexual harassment: IntheUS, theCivilRightsActof1964forbids employmentbiasnessonthebasisofrace, sexand colour; nationaloriginorreligion. Attheoutset, thisact wasonlyintendedtotackleworkplacesexual harassmentagainstwomen. However, 42U.S.C. § 2000e-2coversthepreventionofsexdiscriminationfor bothfemalesandmales.

  10. • Unlawful Termination/Demotion: Asituationwheretheemployeeisunlawfullyterminatedordemotedto apositionbeneathhisdignity. • Workplace Violence: Allemployeesareentitledtoapeacefulworkenvironment. Ina situationwhereviolencemayoccur, theemployeemustfileforlegal helptogetthejusticehedeserves. • Pregnancy discrimination: Asituationwhereapregnantfemaleemployeeisputinsuchan ambiencewheresheisforcedtoquitherjobordeniedbasiccomfort duringherworkinghoursorlookeddownuponbycolleagues.

  11. • Disability or Age discrimination: Asituationwhereapersonwith disabilityisdiscriminatedagainst oranemployeeisdifferentiated onaccountofageinthemidstof fellowcolleagues. • Meal and rest break claims:  Timeandagainithasbeen broughtundernoticethat employeeshavebeendenied theirbasicrightsofpropermeal andrestbreaks.

  12. Anewreportfindsthatmanylargecorporations operatingintheUnitedStateshavehikedtheir profitsbyforcingemployeestoworkroundthe clock, defraudingthemoutofdeservedovertime payandengaginginvariousotherpracticesthat togetherareknownaswagetheft. Adetailed analysisoffederalandstatecourtrecordsshow thatthesecorporationshaveeventuallypaidout billionsofdollarstoresolvewagetheftlawsuits broughtbyworkers. http://wflawfirm.com | 419.243.9005 | info@wflawfirm.com

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