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May 13, 2026
A Georgia mother accused gaming giant Roblox Corp. of turning her 13-year-old son into an unpaid game developer who worked more than 40 hours weekly, funneling him and millions of other children into a virtual currency system designed to trap their labor, according to a proposed class action filed in New York federal court.
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May 13, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal jury has awarded $203,500 to a dispensary employee who claimed Restore Integrative Wellness Center discriminated against him by terminating his employment after he went on leave to recover from injuries sustained in a car accident.
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May 13, 2026
Apple Inc. requires its hourly call center employees to boot up computers, log in to security networks and open multiple software programs before clocking in — and doesn't pay them for any of it, a former tech support adviser alleged in a proposed class and collective action filed in California federal court.
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May 13, 2026
A Pennsylvania state lawmaker's plan to phase out the subminimum wage for disabled workers is the latest move in a wave of states that have ended or are working to eliminate the policy, despite the federal government going in the opposite direction, attorneys said.
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May 13, 2026
A group of Washington-based Denny's franchise operators said their Liberty Mutual insurers wrongfully refused coverage for a wage and hour class action, telling a federal court that they are entitled to recoup nearly $700,000 in costs they incurred to defend and settle the underlying suit.
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May 13, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit declined Wednesday to revive pay discrimination and retaliation claims from an Alabama public school administrator, rejecting her arguments that a defense verdict won by her school district could not stand.
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May 13, 2026
A Georgia construction contractor specializing in EV charging stations used a misleading per diem system to avoid paying its laborers overtime, a former employee alleged in a proposed collective action.
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May 13, 2026
A New Jersey appellate panel revived a lawsuit from a Sussex County Prosecutor's Office chief detective over deleted vacation days, finding factual disputes barred summary judgment after he said he canceled time off during a transition to a new county prosecutor based on assurances the leave could be carried over.
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May 13, 2026
A ranch and home supply chain misclassified assistant store managers as overtime-exempt despite requiring them to spend most of their time performing manual labor, a former worker alleged in a proposed collective and class action in Colorado federal court, adding that the company fired her for complaining about age discrimination.
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May 13, 2026
General Motors has urged a Tennessee federal court to dismiss a worker's disability discrimination and Family and Medical Leave Act suit, arguing the case is really a dispute over untimely leave paperwork rather than unlawful bias or retaliation.
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May 13, 2026
Air traffic controllers suing an aerospace company regarding overtime pay cannot be forced into arbitration because the company's collective bargaining agreement does not clearly waive workers' right to pursue Fair Labor Standards Act claims in federal court, an Oklahoma federal judge ruled.
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May 12, 2026
Three U.S. Supreme Court cases are worth watching for wage and hour attorneys, as they deal with the authority of the U.S. Department of Labor and another agency to punish violators, and courts’ jurisdiction over enforcing arbitration awards. Here, Law360 offers a roundup of those three cases that could end up affecting wage suits.
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May 12, 2026
NextEra Energy has agreed to shell out $9.5 million to put to rest proposed class action allegations it conspired with other nuclear energy producers to fix wages, according to a notice filed Tuesday in Maryland federal court.
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May 12, 2026
Georgia gig workers can access benefits like health insurance and retirement savings plans without giving up independent contractor status under legislation recently signed by Gov. Brian Kemp.
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May 12, 2026
Alaska Airlines has agreed to settle a pilot's class action claiming the company didn't let employees on military leave accrue the same amount of sick and vacation time benefits civilian employees collected on other types of leave, according to a Washington federal court filing.
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May 12, 2026
A cannabis retailer and one of its co-owners urged a Michigan federal court to toss a proposed collective action accusing the company of improperly confiscating employee tips, calling the suit "frivolous" and denying any unlawful tip-pooling practices.
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May 12, 2026
Two Prince George's County deputy sheriffs who take their police dogs home have sued the county in Maryland federal court, alleging it underpaid K-9 handlers for overtime work related to the daily off-shift care of their assigned canines.
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May 12, 2026
A former Target distribution center worker sued the retail giant in Maryland federal court, claiming the company failed to pay hourly employees for time spent on mandatory pre- and post-shift activities.
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May 11, 2026
A Federal Circuit panel questioned Monday whether an email mishap that kept a U.S. Department of Defense employee from timely appealing his furlough was the employee's fault, after the U.S. Supreme Court gave him the green light to continue his 13-year-old fight.
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May 11, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor will no longer pursue another appeal seeking to save a Biden-era rule that increased the salary threshold for white-collar overtime exemptions.
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May 11, 2026
The Fifth Circuit refused Monday to reopen a lawsuit from a former payroll accountant for a Houston car dealership claiming that she was unlawfully fired ahead of her maternity leave, saying she hadn't shown that she was let go because of her pregnancy rather than colleagues' complaints about her behavior.
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May 11, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge on Monday appeared poised to order sanctions favoring a sushi chef in a proposed class action accusing a Fairfield restaurant of wage violations, criticizing the eatery's attorney for engaging as a purported consultant a client and manager of another restaurant the same chef is suing in New York.
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May 11, 2026
Seattle-area hospital system Swedish Health Services will pay $86 million to settle a proposed class action claiming its alleged meal break violations and rounding practices led to unpaid wages, according to a state judge's preliminary approval of the deal.
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May 11, 2026
Grubhub has misclassified its delivery drivers as independent contractors and unlawfully collected their biometric data without consent, according to a proposed class action filed in Illinois state court.
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May 11, 2026
Farmworkers accusing a harvesting company of luring them to the U.S. under false promises urged a Colorado federal court Monday to reject the company's attempt to undo sanctions, arguing its attorney's prolonged absence from the case did not constitute excusable neglect.