‘Wage & Hour’

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently filed suit against the University of Miami for wage discrimination against a female professor.

According to the charge, the university paid the female professor less than a male professor who was doing similar work. The two both teach political science, were both promoted to full professor at the same time and receive similar reviews from faculty. The female professor complained to the University of Miami, but no pay changes were made. 

This wage discrimination is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of

James M. Thompson was interviewed by ABC Action News for a news story regarding new Federal overtime rules for salary employees.

If you feel you are owed overtime wages please contact Thompson Legal Center at 813-769-3900.

James Moten Thompson and Kathryn Hopkinson successfully defended their client in a case where Plaintiff (represented by Cynthia Sass and Yvette Everhart) claimed that Defendants failed to pay her overtime compensation to which she claimed she was entitled under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Defendant disputed that Plaintiff worked more than forty hours in a work week and testified that Plaintiff never reported working overtime. The Court found that Plaintiff failed to prove that she worked over 40 hours in any given week. After a 5-day non-jury trial, the