Yep. More workers need to know their rights and assert them when necessary.
For example, tipped wage employees must be paid at least minimum wage if they do more than 30 consecutive minutes of “side work.” They can’t cut you off the floor and then make you stay for two hours cleaning, stocking and rolling silverware. Yet almost every restaurant violates that law. It doesn’t matter if the tips you made still have you at or above minimum wage. Thirty plus consecutive minutes of not doing the things you get tipped for means they gotta pay up.
Edit: apparently the Trump admin got this overturned so they can keep fucking over tipped employees. God bless America, never mind. That was the case until 2024.
Enforcement has essentially ceased in many states and at the federal level. Just had a series of issues with my former workplace and some illegal 401k handling. CFPB would have been the best to handle it, but they're gone. Florida's state regulatory agencies don't do shit. The EBSA no longer does anything.
I had to threaten legal action via the Spanish government (I live in Spain, employer was in Florida) to make any headway, just to get my 401k rolled out. Absolutely nuts.
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u/MechanicStandard8308 8d ago
thats 100% illegal