Wage Law

Even so often, we get telephone calls from current or former clients, or friends of clients, or from strangers who read this blog, and they tell us that there is some outrageous wage and hour violation going on at this company or that company. Then they ask us if we'd like to speak to one of the aggrieved employees. Usually, we are willing to speak to that person, even if it looks like a case too small for us to take.

But often, before they give us the name and number of the person who supposedly wants and needs our services, they add a request for a referral fee. And they are bitterly disappointed when we tell them we can't pay one. In fact, sometimes, we think they believe we're lying. We're not.

And if we did pay referral fees, we could find ourselves disciplined or sued, maybe even in a class action. So thanks, but no thanks.