| name | wage-hour-qa |
| title | /wage-hour-qa |
| description | Jurisdiction-aware wage/hour and employment Q&A — classification, overtime, meal/rest breaks, leave, final pay — answered for the specific state/country with the controlling rule researched and cited rather than stated from memory. Use when the user asks any employment law question, or says "what's the rule in [state]", "is this exempt", "do we have to pay overtime for", or "can we classify this as". |
| author | anthropics |
| author_url | https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/employment-legal/skills/wage-hour-qa |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | us |
| practice | employment |
| language | en |
/wage-hour-qa
- Load
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md → jurisdictional footprint.
- Use the workflow below.
- Identify jurisdiction the question is about. If not specified, ask.
- Answer per that jurisdiction's rule. Cite. Flag if it's a close call or law is shifting.
Matter context
Matter context. Check ## Matter workspaces in the practice-level CLAUDE.md. If Enabled is ✗ (the default for in-house users), skip the rest of this paragraph — skills use practice-level context and the matter machinery is invisible. If enabled and there is no active matter, ask: "Which matter is this for? Run /employment-legal:matter-workspace switch <slug> or say practice-level." Load the active matter's matter.md for matter-specific context and overrides. Write outputs to the matter folder at ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/matters/<matter-slug>/. Never read another matter's files unless Cross-matter context is on.
Purpose
"It depends" is true but unhelpful. This skill produces a jurisdiction-specific
answer grounded in researched, cited primary sources — and flags when the
question is close enough to need human judgment. It does not state rules from
memory: wage-and-hour thresholds, exemption criteria, and final-pay timing
change frequently and vary meaningfully by state.
Load context
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md → jurisdictional footprint. If the question doesn't specify a
jurisdiction, ask — or answer for the state with the most employees and note
that.
The answer
Step 1: Jurisdiction
Which state/country is this about? If not stated:
- If it's about a specific employee: where do they work?
- If it's a policy question: identify the jurisdictions in the footprint that
are most likely to be the most restrictive on the question at hand, then
research those.
Step 2: Research the rule, then state it
Research before answering. For the jurisdiction and question, identify
the currently operative rule. Cite the controlling primary source (statute,
regulation, wage order, or case) with a pinpoint cite. Note the effective
date and whether the rule has been recently amended, indexed, or is in
litigation. If you are uncertain or cannot verify the current state of the
law, say so and flag for attorney verification — do not state a rule you
haven't confirmed.
