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Federal laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act require that workers receive overtime pay for each hour worked over 40 in a single week. Still, unpaid overtime is a problem in workplaces across Arizona. Make no mistake: you have a right to the wages you are owed, and failing to pay overtime wages is…

In industries throughout Arizona, restrictive covenants such as non-disclosure, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements are increasingly included in employment contracts. In general, these agreements are designed to protect the business interests of employers, and disputes over the reasonableness of such agreements are often the subject of litigation. Here is what every employee in Arizona should know…

As many sectors of business become increasingly decentralized, the practice of misclassifying workers as independent contractors has continued to worsen. This practice, whether intentional on the part of the employer or not, is harmful to not only the employee, but also to state and federal governments and to the business community as a whole. It…

Federal laws prohibit job discrimination based on an employee’s or applicant’s race, color, sex, age (40 or older), religion, national origin or disability. It is also illegal to discriminate against someone because he or she complained about discrimination or participated in an investigation into employment discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the…

Nurses devote their careers to helping people, but nurses in Arizona also bear scrutiny from multiple sources, including doctors, patients, patients’ families, and the Arizona State Board of Nursing. While the board is certainly there to protect patients, the board is generally not on the side of nurses when allegations of professional misconduct arise. That…

The Department of Economic Security has been the scene of some bizarre and unsettling behavior by a civil servant, resulting in stern action by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey. After a shocking number of terminations by DES Director Tim Jeffries since January 2015, the Governor stepped in recently to officially strip Jeffries of his power to…

For both employees and employers, workplace discrimination is harmful and ultimately counterproductive. The public opinion of what is and is not discriminatory may migrate here and there, depending on many factors, prompting the laws that govern workplace discrimination to be increasingly detailed. The Arizona Civil Rights Act specifies many kinds of discrimination in the workplace…