Wages and Hours

Understanding Kentucky’s overtime laws is crucial for both employers and employees. The state has specific regulations that govern overtime pay, and it’s important to know whether it’s legal to not pay overtime in Kentucky. Failure to comply with state laws could create significant penalties for an employer, and grant you the right to further compensation…

As a Kentucky worker, you are entitled to your promised wages when you do the work. You put in your time and effort. You added value to the company and you deserve your wages as a result. Unfortunately, many employers or supervisors try to take advantage of you and steal your wages in various ways….

Unlike most of the country, mandatory tip pooling is illegal in Kentucky. Read more

A constant worry in the workplace is how much money you will be receiving at the end of the day for your hard-earned paycheck. While this decision is mostly left to the employer’s discretion, there are some laws that help regulate and govern how much employees must be paid at a minimum. One of these…

While states such as Kentucky have implemented their own laws to protect employees, it is always important to remember that the federal government has also passed legislation to protect certain kinds of workers. One such piece of legislation is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This law was introduced in 1938 to mandate aspects of…

Let’s say you’re salaried worker, like an assistant manager at a fast-food restaurant, making a salary of $35,000 per year. Your restaurant is drastically understaffed, and even though you work up to 20 hours of overtime per week, you don’t receive any additional compensation for the extra hours. Is this OK? Somewhere between 4.5 and…