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Wage & Hour

  • June 05, 2025

    Truckers Snag Class Certification In Sleeping Time Suit

    Truckers can continue pursuing as a class their claims that a transportation company failed to pay them for the time they spent sleeping in their cabs, a New York federal court ruled, adopting a magistrate judge's recommendations to grant class certification.

  • June 05, 2025

    DOL Head Vows To Fight Wage Theft With Fewer Investigators

    The U.S. labor secretary told a U.S. House committee Thursday that the Department of Labor will continue to combat wage theft even with fewer resources after President Donald Trump's administration proposed cutting the number of wage and hour investigators.

  • June 05, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig Lands Bracewell Employment Pro In Texas

    Greenberg Traurig LLP has strengthened its labor and employment practice with the addition of a Bracewell LLP attorney in Houston, boosting the firm's ability to serve clients in the growing Texas market and beyond.

  • June 05, 2025

    Energy Co. Workers Say Unpaid OT Suit Should Go To Trial

    A lawsuit accusing a General Electric subsidiary of failing to pay safety employees overtime wages should go to trial, the workers told a Texas federal court, pushing against the company's argument that the workers were highly compensated and their "yearslong quest for a windfall" should end.

  • June 05, 2025

    High Court Drops Class Cert. Clarification Bid

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Thursday to weigh in on whether federal courts can certify classes that include uninjured members, holding it improperly agreed to hear a disability discrimination case against diagnostics company Labcorp that raised the important question.

  • June 04, 2025

    Contractor Calls Migrant Workers To Its Aid In Trafficking Trial

    Several migrant workers for a farm labor contracting company testified they weren't forced to turn over their passports or work 20-hour days as the company sought to defend itself against human trafficking claims before a Michigan federal jury on Wednesday.

  • June 04, 2025

    Calif. Justices Asked To Clarify Limits Of Good Faith Defense

    A worker's counsel urged the California Supreme Court on Wednesday to find that employers must show they proactively took steps to ensure its pay practices complied with state requirements to establish a good faith defense against liquidated damages, while the employer's counsel declined to address the merits of the appeal.

  • June 04, 2025

    Fisher Phillips Snags Labor Atty From Davis Wright In Seattle

    A former Davis Wright Tremaine LLP attorney representing employers in wage-and-hour disputes and traditional labor matters has started as a partner at Fisher Phillips LLP in Seattle, the firm announced, and will remain focused on tackling labor and employment claims for his clients.

  • June 04, 2025

    Auto Co. Says Recent Orders Support Axing Class Wage Suit

    Seven recent decisions support an automobile parts company's bid to nix class and collective claims in a workers' lawsuit alleging they were shorted on wages, the firm told a North Carolina federal court Wednesday, saying those cases show that the allegations cannot stand because they were filed too late.

  • June 04, 2025

    GM Got Overtime Math Wrong, Ex-Worker Says

    General Motors miscalculated employees' overtime by failing to factor cost-of-living adjustment pay in their regular rate of pay, a former employee said in a proposed collective action filed in Michigan federal court.

  • June 04, 2025

    Driver Says Colo. Waste Co. Shorts Workers On Wages

    Southern Colorado Waste and Recycling knew that drivers were working straight through their designated meal breaks but deducted 30 minutes of working time from their paychecks anyway, a proposed class and collective action filed in federal court said.

  • June 04, 2025

    Injunctions Key Tool In W&H Fights, Birthright Case Illuminates

    Nationwide injunctions could be on the chopping block at the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order, sparking debate over the role they play in wage and hour law by curtailing regulatory overreach and helping employers operate with predictable compliance obligations, attorneys say.

  • June 04, 2025

    Ex-Ga. Strip Club Workers Slam Bid To DQ Attys In Wage Suit

    Lawyers for a pair of former Atlanta strip club workers called on a federal judge Wednesday to reject an "extremely untimely" bid to disqualify them by the clubs' owners, arguing the owners don't bother to substantiate their claims that the plaintiffs can't be represented by the same counsel because one was the other's supervisor.

  • June 04, 2025

    Legal Services Co. Hit With Consultant Misclassification Suit

    A company providing client intake and retention services to law firms misclassified consultants as independent contractors and paid them only for the time they spent on calls or were available to take them, a worker said in a proposed collective action in Tennessee federal court.

  • June 04, 2025

    Compliance Chiefs Eye New Jobs Amid Pay Growth Slowdown

    More than half of chief compliance officers are considering seeking new job opportunities in the coming year, according to a Wednesday report from in-house legal and compliance advisory firm BarkerGilmore LLC, which also found CCO pay growth generally slowed down compared to last year.

  • June 04, 2025

    Workers Slam Perdue's Bid To Strike Opt-Ins In Wage Case

    Perdue Foods' bid to boot seven opt-in plaintiffs from a suit accusing the company of misclassifying poultry growers as independent contractors is an "impermissible attempt" to circumvent discovery, the workers told a Maryland federal court.

  • June 04, 2025

    Orlando Says $1 Typo Cost It Win In Workers' Unpaid OT Suit

    A $1 typo should not doom Orlando's bid for a pretrial win in a suit by district fire chiefs alleging they were wrongly denied overtime, the city told a Florida federal court, arguing the workers' salaries actually do fall under the overtime exemption.

  • June 03, 2025

    Proposed DOL Wage Division Cuts Signal Shift In Enforcement

    The Trump administration's proposed $25 million in cuts to the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division budget indicates that it plans to rely more on guidance than enforcement, agency veterans and other employment law observers said.

  • June 03, 2025

    Toyota Dealer, Cleaning Cos. Accused Of Failing To Pay Wages

    A Toyota dealership and the operators of a cleaning company failed to appropriately compensate a worker for his minimum, overtime and spread-of-hours wages, the worker claimed in a lawsuit filed in New York federal court, saying he resigned out of fear he would face retaliation for bringing the suit.

  • June 03, 2025

    Home Depot To Pay $3.35M To End Workers' OT Suit

    Home Depot will pay $3.35 million to resolve a nearly 13-year-old Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit accusing it of improperly recording workers' shifts that went past midnight, which caused their overtime hours to drop, a filing in California federal court said.

  • June 03, 2025

    Health System, Staffing Co. Accused Of Shaving Work Time

    New York state's largest healthcare provider and a staffing firm unlawfully round down the amount of time employees spend working and deduct 30 minutes from their hours regardless of whether they took a break, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

  • June 03, 2025

    HCA Worker Wants Collective Status In Time-Rounding Suit

    HCA Healthcare Inc. manipulated workers' time sheets so that they were paid less, a respiratory therapist said while urging a North Carolina court to greenlight a collective in her wage suit.

  • June 03, 2025

    Fisher Phillips Brings On Former Gap Counsel In Fla.

    A former in-house attorney for clothing giant Gap Inc. rejoined the private practice space as a partner in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at Fisher Phillips, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • June 03, 2025

    T-Mobile Can't Shut Down Ex-Employee's Race Bias Case

    T-Mobile can't end a former employee's suit claiming she was given a minimal bonus and eventually terminated because she's Black, a Washington state federal judge ruled, saying the company's assertion that she had performance issues was inconsistent with the evidence.

  • June 03, 2025

    The 极速赛车 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms

    A rebound in client work sent the nation鈥檚 largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the 极速赛车 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts.

Expert Analysis

  • What's Next After Justices Clarify FLSA Evidence Standard

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in EMD Sales v. Carrera makes it easier to claim employees are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act鈥檚 minimum wage and overtime requirements, and eliminates inconsistency and unpredictability for employers operating in multiple jurisdictions, say attorneys at Bracewell.

  • 4 Employment Law Areas Set To Change Under Trump

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    President Donald Trump's second term is expected to bring significant changes to the U.S. employment law landscape, including the potential for updated worker classification regulations, and challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion that are already taking shape, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 8 Lessons Yellow Corp. Layoffs Can Teach Distressed Cos.

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    A Delaware bankruptcy court鈥檚 recent decision, examining trucking company Yellow Corp.鈥檚 abrupt termination of roughly 25,500 employees, offers financially distressed businesses a road map for navigating layoffs under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024

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    Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2024, and explain how they may affect issues related to mass arbitration, consumer fraud, class certification and more.

  • 10 Key Worker-Friendly California Employment Law Updates

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    New employment laws in California expand employee rights, transparency and enforcement mechanisms, and failing to educate department managers on these changes could put employers at risk, says Melanie Ronen at Stradley Ronon.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: Nov. And Dec. Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving takings clause violations, breach of contract with banks, life insurance policies, employment and automobile defects.

  • How PAGA Reform Can Inform Employer Strategies In 2025

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    While recent changes to California's Private Attorneys General Act will not significantly reduce PAGA claims, employers can use the new law to potentially limit their future exposure, by taking advantage of penalty reduction opportunities and more, say attorneys at Thompson Coburn.

  • 7 Employment Contracts Issues Facing DOL Scrutiny

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    A growing trend of U.S. Department of Labor enforcement against employment practices that limit workers' rights and avoid legal responsibility shines a light on seven unique contractual provisions that violate federal labor laws, and face agressive litigation from the labor solicitor, says Thomas Starks at Freeman Mathis.

  • How Decline Of Deference Will Affect Trump Policymaking

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    An administrative law regime without Chevron deference may limit the Trump administration鈥檚 ability to implement new policies in the short term, but ultimately help it in the long term, and all parties with an interest in regulatory changes will have to take a fresh approach to litigation, say attorneys at Covington.

  • How Trump Admin May Approach AI In The Workplace

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    Key indicators suggest that the incoming Trump administration will adopt a deregulatory approach to artificial intelligence, allowing states to fill the void, so it is critical that employers pay close attention to developing legal authority concerning AI tools, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Lessons Learned From 2024's Top FMLA Decisions

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    Last year's major litigation related to the Family and Medical Leave Act underscores why it is critical for employers to understand the basics of when leave and accommodations are required, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2025

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    While companies must monitor for policy shifts under the new administration in 2025, it will also be a year to play it safe and remember the basics, such as the importance of documenting retention policies and conducting swift investigations into workplace complaints, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

  • Ledbetter's Legacy Shines In 2024 Equal Pay Law Updates

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    The federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act turned 15 this year, and its namesake's legacy is likely to endure in 2025 and beyond, as demonstrated by 2024's state- and local-level progress on pay equity, as well as several rulings from federal appellate courts, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.