Employee Rights

There are many national and state laws in place protecting the rights of workers, including overtime pay. Although overtime is often considered more with hourly employees than salaried, some salaried employees in Minnesota are also eligible to receive overtime pay....

When it comes time for retirement, employees in Minnesota and around America want to know that their savings and pensions will be there for them. However, when the economy hits a bad turn, a pension runs out of money or a business fails, it leads to questions about...

Whether you decide to quit your job or are discharged by your employer, you still have the right to your final wages. Every state has particular guidelines in effect for the time period in which an employer must pay their employees or face penalties. In Minnesota,...

Many employers in Minnesota establish retirement plans for their workers as a part of their benefits packages. While companies are not required to offer these, if the plans are available, there is a federal law that regulates them. According to the U.S. Department of...

The Family Medical Leave Act is in place to help you get through potentially difficult circumstances in your life that may otherwise affect your employment. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, only certain workers are eligible for protection under the FMLA. To...

Overtime is an employee right governed by the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal law that controls how businesses handle their employee work hours and the wages they earn for their time. Minnesota has also adopted its own laws governing these issues, so employees are...

If you have been let go or fired from a job in Minnesota, you may be wondering if receiving unemployment benefits is considered an employee right. Employee rights are legally protected obligations which employers cannot refuse to provide to their workers. In...

The Family and Medical Leave Act was enacted by Congress to help ensure that workers were able to maintain their employment despite facing medical or family emergencies, which are an all too common part of life. At Neaton & Puklich, P.L.L.P., our staff knows that...