This post continues my series of tips, or things to consider, for workers with unpaid wages. Tip #6 is this: When Finding a Wage Attorney, Think National, Ask the Important Questions Upfront, and Other Things to Consider. Here’s an (obvious) disclosure upfront: I am a wage attorney, so it benefits me to talk to workers [...]

Image by Cuito Cuanavale via Flickr This post continues my series of tips, or things to consider, for workers with unpaid wages. Tip #5 is this: Know there is strength in numbers– the larger the unpaid wage amount, the larger the employer, and/or the more employees who are underpaid, the more likely it is you [...]

This post continues my series of tips, or things to consider, for workers with unpaid wages. Tip #3 is this: Before you complain (to your employer or to a legal authority) about unpaid wages, know your audience. When a worker learns he or she was underpaid, it is common for such a worker to complain [...]

Image via Wikipedia This post continues my series of tips, or things to consider, for workers with unpaid wages.Tip #2 is this: Know that statutes of limitations (deadlines) apply, and are of pressing importance. Every situation that involves unpaid wages also involves a ticking clock.  That is, there are statutes of limitations, i.e. deadlines, that [...]

As an employee rights and visa worker rights attorney, I’ve dealt with many issues related to unpaid wages. I will post a series of blog articles with tips, or things to consider, for workers who have unpaid wages. Tip #1 is the following: Do not make assumptions about wage situations that an attorney has not [...]

It’s been too long since a blog post about H-1B rights issues.  (So you know, during the downtime, the attorney-author has continued to represent H-1B workers in legal matters). Part of the reason for the H-1B-post downtime is that several issues facing H-1B workers recur over and over– for example, I don’t know that you’d [...]