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May 04, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor could make wage and hour policy even more of a priority, as the acting secretary, who previously led the department's Wage and Hour Division, staffs up with top aides from that subagency.
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May 04, 2026
Tyson production supervisors cannot pursue a nationwide collective accusing the company of misclassifying them as overtime-exempt, an Arkansas federal judge ruled on Monday, though he allowed a narrower group of workers at a single facility to move forward with their wage claims.
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May 04, 2026
A DTE Energy employee filed a proposed collective action in Michigan federal court, alleging the utility systematically underpaid overtime wages by failing to properly calculate workers' regular rate under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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May 04, 2026
Out-of-state delivery drivers can't pursue their wage claims against Bimbo Bakeries in a Vermont federal court, the Second Circuit ruled Monday, finding their claims aren't tied closely enough to the company's activities in the state.
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May 04, 2026
Three former sales workers have sued a cloud software company in North Carolina federal court, alleging the company wrongly classified them as overtime-exempt and denied them time and a half pay for years.
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May 04, 2026
A now-shuttered university urged an Ohio federal court to dismiss a proposed wage and benefits class and collective action brought by former employees, arguing the suit fails to allege sufficient facts, is barred by prior bankruptcy proceedings and improperly targets individual defendants.
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May 04, 2026
An aviation staffing company paid its avionics technicians the same hourly rate for all hours worked, including overtime, and disguised the scheme using fake per diem payments, a proposed collective and class action filed in Georgia federal court alleges.
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May 01, 2026
New York-Presbyterian Hospital forced hourly workers to perform off-the-clock work, shorted them on overtime and improperly denied meal breaks, according to a proposed class and collective action filed Friday in federal court.
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May 01, 2026
A former Weld County, Colorado, firefighter was subject to retaliation from his former employer for raising concerns about lax training standards, nepotism within the department and cost-of-living adjustments, according to a complaint filed in state court.
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May 01, 2026
North Carolina lawmakers are several weeks into their 2026 "short session," and already they are taking big, multi-bill swings at data centers, public-facing energy costs and artificial intelligence. They also seek to make entertainment ticket pricing more transparent and raise the state's minimum wage for the first time in nearly two decades.
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May 01, 2026
New York City and hundreds of Department of Homeless Services workers who allege that the city shortchanged them on overtime will proceed with discussions toward a settlement before a federal magistrate judge.
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May 01, 2026
Performers for an adult livestream platform urged a Connecticut federal judge Friday to reject the platform operators' reliance on a ruling that found a dog-walking app was not a service provider with employees, arguing the out-of-state decision has no bearing on whether the performers were misclassified as independent contractors.
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May 01, 2026
A Maryland casino waitress sued her employer after two managers allegedly forced her to surrender a $76,000 tip that a winning baccarat player had placed in her hands and repeatedly confirmed was hers to keep.
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May 01, 2026
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a final approval hearing on a $50 million deal to resolve a race discrimination suit against Google. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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May 01, 2026
This week, the Second Circuit will consider whether to revive a proposed class action accusing a social worker accreditation nonprofit of violating federal civil rights law by designing a test that disproportionately failed Black and Hispanic applicants and concealed that fact after learning about the bias.
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May 01, 2026
A U.S. Supreme Court case considering whether the U.S. Department of Labor can use in-house proceedings to impose civil penalties and back wages could push the agency into federal court and give employers more leverage in settlement talks, while making some workers' wage claims harder to recover, attorneys say. Here, Law360 looks at four ways the DOL's enforcement power could change.
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May 01, 2026
TD Bank asked a New Jersey federal court to toss a proposed collective action over its "call ready" policy, arguing the former call center worker who brought the suit failed to identify any workweek in which unpaid boot-up and shutdown time pushed her over the 40-hour overtime threshold.
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May 01, 2026
A Colorado restaurant operated an unlawful tip pool that shortchanged employees and retaliated against a server who complained to the U.S. Department of Labor, the worker said in a suit filed in federal court.
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April 30, 2026
The operators of a New York City hotel must pay a roughly $1.1 million arbitration award in a wage and benefit dispute with a hotel workers union, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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April 30, 2026
Los Angeles County knowingly required child welfare workers to perform unpaid overtime to manage workloads that could not reasonably be completed within a standard 40-hour workweek, according to a proposed collective action filed Thursday in California federal court.
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April 30, 2026
A former overnight stocker's allegations against Walmart lacked enough detail to plausibly support claims for missed breaks, unpaid overtime and other violations, a Washington federal judge ruled Thursday, tossing the worker's proposed class action.
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April 30, 2026
A mental healthcare company's bid to throw out a jury verdict finding it willfully violated federal and state wage laws fell short because its post-trial arguments lacked supporting evidence, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Thursday.
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April 30, 2026
Pennsylvania lawmakers narrowly advanced a bill Tuesday that expands legal protections for LGBTQ+ workers, while Virginia launched an insurance program to fund family and medical leave. Here's Law360's biweekly look at state-level legislative developments that discrimination lawyers should have on their radar.
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April 30, 2026
A look at the new U.S. Department of Labor joint employer proposed rule and a breakdown of a Sixth Circuit home care workers decision are among Law360 Employment Authority's wage and hour stories to catch up on from April.
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April 30, 2026
A steakhouse chain will pay $7 million to end servers' claims that its tip-pool practices left them underpaid, a Colorado federal judge said Thursday, granting the deal preliminary approval.