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		<title>Illegal Deductions from Employee Wages</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bober &#38; Bober, P.A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some employers try to deduct money from employee wages to cover their overhead, which the employer should be responsible for paying.  For example, a business may try to deduct money from a server’s tips for such expenses as uniforms, register shortages, walk-outs, returned food, broken plates, or damaged property.  If such deductions cause a worker’s hourly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Minimum Wage Increases to $7.67</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bober &#38; Bober, P.A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 1, 2012, the Florida minimum wage increased by 36 cents to $7.67 per hour.  In 2011, the Florida minimum wage was $7.25 until June 2011 when it increased to $7.31. The 2012 increase is equivalent to an extra $14.40 per week for an employee who works 40 hours and earns the minimum wage.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Alleges Illegal Tip Pool at Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bober &#38; Bober, P.A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former server at South Florida Barbeque, Inc., doing business as Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q, has filed a case in court seeking to bring a class action for alleged tip theft.  Like many restaurants, Sonny’s takes a “tip credit,” and pays its servers $3.02 less than the Florida minimum wage.  The server in that case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Businesses Covered by FLSA if Employees Handle Materials</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bober &#38; Bober, P.A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed down a decision, Polycarpe v. E&#38;S Landscaping Services, Inc., which rejected the argument by several employers that they were not a covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as an enterprise because their business were local in nature. The businesses at issue performed landscaping, construction work, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrant Wage Theft</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bober &#38; Bober, P.A</dc:creator>
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All covered employees, whether working legally or illegally, and regardless of his or her immigration status, are entitled to be paid the minimum wage and overtime.  Wage theft from undocumented workers is common, especially in workplaces such as construction sites, nail salons, and restaurants that are largely staffed by immigrant workers.
The Fair Labor Standards Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Federal Minimum Wage Increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bober &#38; Bober, P.A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage increased to $7.25.  This increase has taken place incrementally over a two year period.  State and local governments can require higher wages be paid to employees within their boundaries.  Since Florida&#8217;s minimum wage was less than $7.25 per hour, the new hirer federal minimum wage will have the [...]]]></description>
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