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June 08, 2026
Avis asked a Virginia federal judge to toss an operations manager's suit accusing the car rental company of misclassifying him and fellow workers as overtime-exempt, arguing the case duplicates a broader, earlier-filed collective action nearing settlement in New Jersey federal court.
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June 08, 2026
The Third Circuit's ruling last week that the Fair Labor Standards Act contains no remedy for unpaid straight-time wages in weeks when employees work overtime means employers should watch for more gap time claims under state laws, attorneys said.
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June 08, 2026
A transit company and its parent misclassified drivers as independent contractors while deducting up to $40 for missed shifts and $10 when they pressed a break button in the companies' app, a driver alleged in a proposed class action filed in California federal court.
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June 08, 2026
Mortgage loan officers have asked a North Carolina federal court to certify two classes of workers who allege Bank of America Corp. denied them overtime pay required under state wage and hour laws.
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June 08, 2026
A New Jersey state judge has ruled that a former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for gender discrimination can be deposed nearly two years after her deposition left off, but only after the firm provides long-sought-after discovery documents and completes defendant depositions.
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June 08, 2026
Oklahoma-based Arnold & Smith Law PLLC on Friday asked a New York federal judge to dismiss a New York attorney's lawsuit accusing the firm of misclassifying employees as contractors to avoid paying benefits, saying there is no reason to believe any of the alleged misconduct happened in New York.
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June 08, 2026
A Colorado federal court entered a default judgment Monday against a Colorado restaurant and its owner that had been accused of operating an unlawful tip pool and retaliating against a server who complained to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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June 08, 2026
Federal law preempts a proposed class action over American Airlines flight attendants' allegedly unpaid overtime before and after flights, since the time flight attendants are paid for is governed by their collective bargaining agreements, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday.
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June 08, 2026
The city of Seattle urged the Ninth Circuit not to revisit a panel decision backing its app-based worker deactivation ordinance against a First Amendment challenge from Uber and Instacart, arguing the companies are trying to turn an ordinary worker protection law into a speech case.
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June 08, 2026
A former casino manager's overtime claims against a Virginia casino were tossed by a federal judge, who found that a sign-on bonus with a repayment condition did not need to be factored into his overtime rate calculations.
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June 05, 2026
An association of builders has urged the en banc Eleventh Circuit to rethink a panel's decision rejecting its attempt to secure an injunction blocking a Biden-era executive order requiring labor agreements for all federal contracts exceeding $35 million.
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June 05, 2026
A California federal magistrate judge recommended granting final approval to a nearly $284,000 settlement resolving claims that a cheese company did not provide workers accurate itemized wage statements reflecting overtime and shift differential pay.
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June 05, 2026
An Ohio federal judge ordered a Buffalo Wild Wings franchise Friday to pay a collective of workers nearly $300,000 after finding the business underpaid them through a tipped wage and didn't properly notify them of their rights under federal wage law.
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June 05, 2026
Morrison Foerster LLP has expanded its employment and labor group in Los Angeles with the addition of a former McDermott Will & Schulte attorney.
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June 05, 2026
This week, the Second Circuit will consider whether to revive a former University of Connecticut professor's lawsuit claiming he was forced out of his job because of his race after the school launched an investigation into trumped-up charges of misconduct. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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June 05, 2026
A New York federal magistrate judge recommended tossing a former cancer physician's federal equal pay claim, finding she failed to show that two higher-paid male physicians performed substantially equal work.
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June 05, 2026
In the week ahead, a California federal court will weigh whether to sign off on a $2.4 million deal in a proposed wage and hour class action against a medical clinic. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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June 05, 2026
The Ninth Circuit will hear from a benefits administrator that claims federal law preempts state-law data breach claims, and Amazon will defend its win in a military leave bias suit at the Second Circuit. Here, Law360 looks at cases being argued in June that benefits attorneys should have on their radar.
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June 04, 2026
Jacksons Food Stores Inc. pushed workers in Washington state to delay their legally mandated meal and rest breaks, cut them short or skip them entirely in order to complete their assigned job duties, a former employee has claimed in a proposed class action targeting the convenience store chain.
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June 04, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday validated the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's conclusion that national hours-of-service regulations trump California's meal and rest break rules for bus drivers, saying the agency was justified in finding that the Golden State rules strain interstate commerce.
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June 04, 2026
A Black payroll specialist at a Hormel Foods Corp. plant in Georgia has accused the food company of firing her two days before Christmas because of her race and age, and in retaliation for raising concerns about improper wage recordkeeping, according to a complaint filed in federal court.
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June 04, 2026
A Total Wine & More operator urged a Washington federal judge Thursday to deny class certification in a pay transparency suit, warning that certifying a class of up to 20,000 job applicants would be "ruinous" for the employer.
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June 04, 2026
Colorado workers will no longer have to foot the bill for their own personal protective equipment under a new state law that also guarantees restroom breaks for meat processing workers.
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June 04, 2026
A food service distributor told the Ninth Circuit that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that last-mile drivers who locally deliver goods that travel interstate can qualify for a federal arbitration exemption supports a lower court's decision tossing workers' federal overtime claims.
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June 04, 2026
The House Appropriations Committee introduced a funding bill Thursday that would cut the U.S. Department of Labor's budget by nearly $4 billion, including a decrease in the Wage and Hour Division's budget and the elimination of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.