/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 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:40:08 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372578?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372578 A Seattle federal judge is forcing X Corp. to fully pay the fees for arbitrating the claims of about 150 former Twitter employees in Washington who say they were shorted on bonus and severance pay amid layoffs after Elon Musk took over the social media giant in 2022. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:51:31 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372043?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372043 An Indiana health care network falsified employees' time sheets to avoid paying their overtime, a financial counselor claimed in a proposed class and collective action in federal court. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:22:12 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372328?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372328 Private prison corporation GEO urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that government contractors have the right to challenge courts' rulings that they are not entitled to derivative sovereign immunity, saying that such denials are collateral orders worthy of an appeal. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:30:56 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372183?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372183 The muddy contours of the transportation worker exemption to federal arbitration law may be reviewed once more by the U.S. Supreme Court in an overtime case, showing the persistent challenges of delimiting the so-called last-mile driver and their relationship to interstate commerce, attorneys say. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:27:08 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2369905?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2369905 In the coming week, attorneys should watch for arguments about whether a proposed wage and hour class action against a drug and alcohol testing company should be sent to arbitration or back to state court. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:16:55 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2370740?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2370740 Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, has proposed a $30 hourly minimum wage, a move that employment law professionals said could help shift the national conversation about where the wage floor should fall. Here, ¼«ËÙÈü³µ explores what the proposal means for the national wage floor debate. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:37:04 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372027?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372027 A Colorado hotel in the Marriott network failed to provide hundreds of banquet servers with rest breaks, leading to unpaid overtime, three workers said in a proposed class and collective action filed in state court. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:38:19 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372299?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2372299 This week, a New York federal judge will consider tossing a suit brought by a former administrator at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital who claims she was fired for complaining about sexual harassment she faced from a co-worker. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:16:18 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371348?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371348 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. can't get out of a lawsuit alleging that two hotels, in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, forced homeless or desperate people into servitude in exchange for shelter, though a federal judge has trimmed several claims against the company and one hotel's owners. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:54:39 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371763?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371763 A former Drexel University professor found at trial to have been paid less than her male colleagues can recoup nearly $546,000 in attorney fees and costs, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting arguments her request was late, and was inappropriate because her lead counsel was her husband. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:36:20 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371879?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371879 The Jersey City, New Jersey, fire department shorted a firefighter on pay and pension benefits while she was out on military leave and deprived her of opportunities upon her return to work, according to a lawsuit filed in state court. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:00:31 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2359564?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2359564 Proskauer Rose's Rachel Fischer has successfully defended high-profile clients such as Fox News in a former producer's sexual harassment and assault suit and the MLB in an umpire's race discrimination suit, earning her a spot among the employment practitioners under age 40 honored by ¼«ËÙÈü³µ as Rising Stars. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:31:26 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371840?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371840 An agriculture company agreed to pay $2 million to resolve a Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit accusing it of failing to pay warehouse employees for work they perform off the clock and not providing duty-free meal periods, a filing in California federal court said. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:06:11 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371088?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371088 From a look at policy changes at the U.S. Department of Labor to the perils of "bossware," catch up on ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Employment Authority's wage and hour coverage from July. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:00:15 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2369536?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2369536 Two new laws in Texas — regulating elective intravenous therapy and reforming healthcare noncompetes — mark a pivotal shift in the regulatory framework for medical spas in the state, which must proactively adapt their operations and contractual practices, says Brad Cook at Munsch Hardt. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:29:53 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371405 Johnson & Johnson wrongly credited a former executive sales representative's sales to another worker, leading to lost earned commissions, and then fired him once he complained, the former employee said in a suit in Texas federal court. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:43:41 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371450?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371450 The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority requires certain employees to show up to work 15 to 30 minutes before their scheduled shifts but declines to compensate them for this additional work, a proposed class action filed in California federal court said. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:32:00 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371437?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371437 Kaufman Dolowich is boosting its labor and employment team, bringing in a Jackson Lewis PC labor attorney as a partner. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:46:34 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371339?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371339 A Colorado federal judge had a slew of questions Wednesday for attorneys regarding competing motions for dismissal and summary judgment in two employment companies' case against the city and county of Denver alleging officials overstepped in their attempt to audit wage violations. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:54:15 +0000 /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2371363 A Washington state lumber company agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a proposed class action alleging it didn't provide legally required breaks, forced employees to work off the clock and didn't properly pay overtime, workers said Wednesday in federal court.