A former exotic dancer known as Queen claims she was unfairly stripped of her tip money and fired for being a witness in a separate case against Norma Jean’s Nite Club.

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WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House is poised to approve a bill that would give private sector workers the option of choosing paid time off instead of cash wages for working overtime. The measure would allow employees who work more than ...

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Another Baltimore strip club is facing a lawsuit from an exotic dancer who says the club failed to pay her the required minimum wage. Diamonde Grant, also known as Dimez, filed her lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore ...

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An employer can moot a collective wage-and-hour action by extending an offer of judgment to the lone named plaintiff, the split Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will decide what constitutes "changing clothes" for purposes of determining a worker’s compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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Labor & Employment Sexual harassment BOTTOM LINE: There existed a genuine issue of material fact as to whether assistant was subject to a hostile work environment, where assistant alleged that her supervisor repeatedly propositioned her to have sex with him, ...

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The Daily Record’s July 19, 2011 article regarding a settlement awarding attorney’s fees in a case involving a tavern owner’s failure to properly pay low-wage restaurant employees was misleading and largely one-sided. More disturbing, an earlier, April 24 article contained ...

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A judge in Baltimore has held up the $115,000 settlement of a labor lawsuit against a Federal Hill tavern owner because the portion earmarked for the plaintiffs’ lawyer — $100,000 — was not well-documented and “likely not reasonable.” Judge Richard ...

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A poultry-plant operator must pay its employees for the time they spent putting on and taking off protective gear before and after their workday, but not before and after their lunch breaks, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ...

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Pooling tips with bartenders at his two South Baltimore taverns might well put Jason Zink out of business. No, the recession has not made those shared gratuities too few to sustain him, and no, it’s not because the Don’t Know ...

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