A demand letter or a lawyer’s call
We read the claim against your actual pay records, work out the real exposure under federal, New York, New Jersey or Florida law, and answer with the facts.
FOR EMPLOYERS WAGE AND HOUR DEFENSE
We represent workers. We also defend businesses. Get the pay right.
Usher Law Group defends employers in wage and hour matters: demand letters, Department of Labor audits and investigations, lawsuits and collective actions, and the pay-practice questions that come before any of them. Because the firm also brings these claims for workers, we know how a case is built.
WHAT WE DO FOR BUSINESSES
Five ways a wage problem reaches an employer, and what we do at each one.
Restaurants, contractors, home-care agencies, delivery companies, retailers and families who employ a nanny or an aide all face the same laws. The earlier a lawyer looks, the more choices you have.
A Department of Labor audit or investigation
The U.S. Department of Labor, the New York State Department of Labor and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development all audit pay practices. We handle the document requests, the interviews and the findings, and we negotiate what is owed when something is.
A lawsuit or a collective action
Federal collective actions and state class actions move fast and reach back years. We defend them in the federal and state courts of New York and New Jersey, including the motions that decide whether a case stays small or grows.
A question before anything happens
Who is exempt, how overtime is calculated for a salary or a day rate, whether tips and service charges are handled lawfully, what the pay notice must say, and whether a contractor is really a contractor. A question now is simpler than a claim later.
A resolution
Wage settlements have their own rules, including court or Department of Labor approval for federal claims. We negotiate terms that last and close the matter.
WHY BOTH SIDES MATTER
What each side teaches us about the other.
We know how the claim is built
A wage case is a week-by-week arithmetic problem backed by records, messages and testimony. We build those cases for workers, so we know which records matter first.
We know what the other side is looking at
Time limits, liquidated damages, the pay-notice penalties, individual liability of owners and managers, and the rule that makes a losing employer pay the worker’s lawyer. We can tell you early where the exposure really is.
We know when to resolve and when to fight
Some claims should be settled early and quietly; some should be fought. Having seen both from the worker’s side, we give employers a plain assessment.
The firm checks for conflicts before it takes any matter, on either side.
What workers bring to us The attorneysFOR EMPLOYERS
Got a demand letter, an audit notice or a lawsuit? Send it before you answer it.
Tell us what arrived, when, and how your people are paid. Do not sign or pay anything until a lawyer has read it. A lawyer reads every message.
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