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An employee files a complaint claiming she was denied a meal break, and before you can choose a snack from the break room vending machine, you’re looking at a class action lawsuit and the potential for thousands, if not millions in liabilities.
Wage and hour issues have become the hottest button in law, sending attorneys into overdrive to audit practices, write handbooks and run seminars in hopes of warding off any potential trouble for their clients.
The reason?
Even a single infraction can result in hundreds of claims, and failure to provide even a 10-minute break can add up to hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in penalties.
“It is the hottest topic of all employment law,” said Robert A. Levinson, a partner at Levinson Arshonsky
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