Employment Law

Whether deliberate or accidental, employers in the hospitality industry often violate wage and hour laws. This results in servers, bartenders, cooks, hostesses, and dishwashers being potentially owed additional compensation. To

The hospitality industry experiences the most wage and hour violations of any industry. Every year, the Department of Labor (DOL) receives thousands of claims and attempts to recover millions of

If your construction company lacks the proper insurance coverage for your employees, the Florida Department of Financial Services may investigate your business, issue a stop-work order, and require you to

Unreported employment can be a serious offense that has life-changing consequences for the employers that are committing it and the workers that are victims of it. In part one of

Unreported employment goes by many names: moonlighting, a ghost workforce, working off the books or under the table. No matter what you call it, contractors that don’t properly report their

Worker misclassification in the construction industry is a widespread problem that can have severe consequences for employers. Department of Labor (DOL) compliance is important, and a recent uptick in the

In the blink of an eye, a safe jobsite can become dangerous. When accidents occur on the jobsite, workers’ lives are put in danger, citations are issued, and contractors will

In this four-part series, our Miami contractor attorneys are breaking down several ways that a construction firm can violate labor laws. Whether it’s insight into wage and hour law, overtime

Construction firms across the nation need to be mindful of employment laws. In fact, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) is cracking down on construction companies that are violating

In part one of this two-part article, the Florida contractor lawyers at Cotney Construction Law discussed the structure of unions in the construction industry and detailed the role a business