/employment-authority/wage-hour?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Employment Authority Wage & Hour Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:51:56 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353781?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353781 A class of tipped servers should be broken up, a steakhouse at the Foxwoods Resort Casino told a Connecticut state court, saying the workers cannot show that they all performed untipped side work that caused them to lose out on wages. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:11:20 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353831?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353831 A former Giphy engineer should arbitrate her lawsuit claiming Meta, and later Shutterstock, paid her less than male colleagues when they took over the online GIF database, the tech companies told a New York federal court, arguing she can't avoid an agreement she signed when Meta began its acquisition. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:30:32 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353609 A Texas federal judge has cut out several claims, including those alleging a hostile work environment, from a former Department of Justice human resources employee's lawsuit, leaving intact only claims for retaliation and disability discrimination relating to the termination of her employment. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:42:37 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353726?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353726 Elon Musk should be held personally liable for workers' unpaid severance benefits claims, the former X Corp. employees told a Delaware federal court, saying he retained so much control over the social media company that the company alone cannot be at fault. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:13:06 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353378?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353378 The Eighth Circuit’s recent opinion in Kuklenski v. Medtronic USA demonstrates that the applicability of employment laws to remote workers is often a fact-driven analysis, highlighting several parameters to consider when evaluating what state and local laws may apply to employees who work remotely, say attorneys at Vedder Price. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:22:09 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353671?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353671 Delta Air Lines and a staffing firm failed to pay a worker overtime wages despite expecting her to fulfill the duties of two full-time positions and work more than 40 hours per week, she said in a complaint in Georgia federal court. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:03:06 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353407?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353407 A former CSX Transportation Inc. employee's suit claiming he was fired for taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act were on pause while a similar class action was being litigated, he told a Florida federal judge Friday, urging the court to reject the transport company's dismissal bid. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:35:00 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352388?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352388 The California Supreme Court could soon weigh in on the enforceability of prospective waivers from state meal-break requirements, addressing an issue that divides the state’s employment bar. Here, ¼«ËÙÈü³µ explores the issue. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:34:58 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353168?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353168 This week, the Second Circuit will consider a former FedEx employee's attempt to revive his lawsuit claiming he was fired in retaliation for complaining about rampant harassment that management at the company did nothing to address. Here, ¼«ËÙÈü³µ looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:14:04 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353312?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353312 Trade groups urged the Eighth Circuit to overturn an order declining to block a Minnesota law from taking effect that slaps steep fines on companies that misclassify construction workers as independent contractors, saying they have standing to sue because their members will be harmed by the statute. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:01:33 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352980?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352980 The Trump administration clarified that federal agencies should still use project labor agreements on large federal construction projects, weeks after a court vacated two agencies' directives that purported to eliminate this requirement. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:30:55 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353087?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353087 A trucking company agreed to pay $480,000 to resolve drivers' collective action alleging they were paid on a "per-ton" basis that ignored any hours they put in over 40 per week, a filing in Kentucky federal court said. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:24:09 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2350863?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2350863 In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a potential ruling in an attempt by six unions to temporarily block President Donald Trump's executive order that would prohibit collective bargaining agreements at certain federal agencies. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:52:17 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353092?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353092 A former Chili's employee's wage and hour lawsuit against the chain's parent company should stay in play, the worker told a California federal court, saying his failure to list the case in his individual bankruptcy proceedings does not mean his case has to be thrown out. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:34:19 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2353006 New Jersey law firm Ragan & Ragan PC is facing a discrimination suit filed by its former collections manager in state court, alleging that the firm and its name partner engaged in a "calculated and malicious campaign of retaliation" against her for taking maternity leave. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:38:11 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352891?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352891 A new worker protection law in Philadelphia includes, among other measures, a private right of action and recordkeeping requirements that may amount to a lower evidentiary standard, introducing a new level of accountability and additional noncompliance risks for employers, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:27:40 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352954?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352954 After joining Mayer Brown last month, former Labor Secretary Tom Perez talked with ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Pulse about his latest career move, his efforts to help expand and enforce hate crime laws, and his work for President Joe Biden to promote the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:53:36 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352869?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352869 An attorney for some former United Parcel Service workers urged a Ninth Circuit panel Thursday to undo a decision barring them from proceeding with some state employment claims because the workers memorialized them on union grievance forms, telling the panel the claims aren't preempted by federal law. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:14:01 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352617?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352617 Efforts to increase minimum wage by industry or by doing away with subminimum tipped wages are coming up against an economy in flux and the proliferation of automation and artificial intelligence — placing low-wage workers in a precarious position despite these gains, attorneys say. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:40:26 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352721?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2352721 A shoe retailer requires store managers to put in work outside of the store handling staffing and operations matters on top of the 40 hours of work they put in each week at the store, a proposed collective action filed in North Carolina federal court said.