Top 10 Companies Hiring This Week (October 05-October 11)

It’s Wednesday, and that means we’ve got a list of companies looking to hire new employees. They want hard workers like you who need jobs right now. Rather than waste your time, we’ll get right to the list. Here are Top 10 companies hiring right now:

Chase
Industry: Finance
Sample job titles: Project manager, Chaseworks home lending modification counselor

The Timken Company
Industry: Engineering
Sample job titles: Principal quality advancement engineer, product engineer

Vector Marketing
Industry: Sales
Sample job titles: Entry-level customer service sales

Robert Half Legal
Industry: Legal
Sample job titles: Corporate paralegal, legal secretary

Kelly Healthcare Resources
Industry: Health care
Sample job titles: Radiation therapist, CNA mental health

Everest Institute – Corinthian
Industry: Education
Sample job titles: Admissions representatives, instructor – medical assisting

Hostess Brands
Industry: Manufacturing
Sample job titles: Maintenance supervisor – bakery, on-call warehouse worker

Smith Hanley Consulting Group
Industry: Biotechnology
Sample job titles: Senior biostatistician, microbiologist

Pearson
Industry: Marketing
Sample job titles: Marcom design supervisor, marketing Web developer

Central Refrigerated
Industry: Transportation
Sample job titles: Truck driver

Commission Based Jobs and Wage Theft

When it comes to wage theft, many employees who have been victims of their employers do not know if they have rights because they work in jobs that do not operate on a typical pay scale such as hourly or salary. Individuals who work in jobs that pay based on commissions often fall into this gray area.

But while it may seem that commission based jobs would not apply when it comes to basic rights under the Fair Labor and Standards Act, the requirements of employers are still fairly black and white.

The Fair Labor and Standards Act revolutionized employment standards and since its inception has continued to be the cornerstone of employment law and employee rights. Although commission based positions are technically the result of a mutual agreement between employer and employee, there are still a number of things that employers must legally provide including:

• Detailed records of all commission transactions, hours an employee works and how much those commissions work out to hourly.
• Payment that at least works out to the federal minimum wage--if an employees commissions are extremely low, the employee should not go home either empty handed or with an amount of money that is less than minimum wage. A working employee is a working employee and refusal to compensate for that work is wage theft.
• If the employee works in excess of 40 hours a week, he or she should be paid what would most closely equal out to overtime pay or time and a half.
• Employees should receive every commission that they rightfully earn--employers who keep commissions for any reason are likely engaging in wage theft.

Regardless of the type of payment a worker receives, every employee is entitled to the basic rights stated under the FLSA.

To find out more about commission based jobs and wage theft, visit the website of the overtime lawyers of Tycko & Zavareei, LLP.

By James Witherspoon