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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.
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April 30, 2026
A Tennessee commercial kitchen equipment repair company fired two technicians after they complained to federal regulators about the company's wage practices and later told employees the terminations were intended to "make an example" of them, one of the fired workers alleged in federal court.
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April 29, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has recently proposed rules related to independent contractors and joint employers, but it is still facing more than a half-dozen court challenges to wage rules from the prior administration.
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April 29, 2026
Washington's highest court has agreed to consider hospital system Providence Health & Services' appeal of a $230 million judgment for workers who accused the provider of illegally adjusting their clock-in and clock-out times and failing to ensure they took required meal breaks.
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April 29, 2026
A Domino's franchisee cannot immediately appeal a ruling requiring reimbursement of delivery drivers' actual vehicle expenses rather than a reasonable approximation, a New Mexico federal judge ruled Wednesday, finding no substantial disagreement among courts and concluding that an appeal would delay the litigation.
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April 29, 2026
Two JetBlue Airways Corp. flight attendants said they are taking their proposed wage class action to the Second Circuit after a New York federal judge dismissed their suit.
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April 29, 2026
Managers accusing gas and convenience store chain Han-Dee Hugo's of wage violations cannot proceed as a class, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, finding their claims would require individualized inquiries.
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April 29, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor received more than 16,000 comments on its proposed rule sorting out whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under federal law, with some, including a coalition of attorneys general, criticizing it and others lauding it.
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April 29, 2026
A nursing home operator and a former certified nursing assistant have agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the company automatically deducted meal break time from workers' pay even when they worked through their breaks, according to a North Carolina federal court record.
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April 29, 2026
A New York federal judge won't rethink her decision to toss wage claims brought by Amazon warehouse workers who said they weren't paid for time spent undergoing mandatory security screenings, finding they failed to meet the standards for reconsideration.
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April 29, 2026
Labor protections must be at the forefront of any new federal laws that aim to rein in the explosion of artificial intelligence technology across the economy, according to a letter to Congress from the AFL-CIO and 39 other groups.
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April 29, 2026
A business technology company and its former information technology director have agreed on the material terms of a settlement to resolve allegations that the company fired him after he requested leave to care for his wife following surgery, an Ohio federal magistrate judge said.
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April 28, 2026
A group of cannabis dispensaries operated by MMD Inc. has agreed to pay $375,000 to end a lawsuit by workers who accused them of cheating employees out of minimum wage, overtime, tips, meal and rest breaks, and expense reimbursements.
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April 28, 2026
A group of Uber Black drivers and the ride-hailing company agreed Tuesday to dismiss the drivers' appeal before the Third Circuit in a protracted worker classification dispute that has spanned a decade, according to a federal court filing.
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April 28, 2026
A former director of public relations and marketing for an automotive company urged a North Carolina federal court to grant her an early win on her remaining wage claim, saying the company failed to timely pay accrued vacation after her termination.
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April 28, 2026
Nurses involved in a $14 million wage-and-hour class settlement are urging a Colorado federal judge to block what they call a misleading opt-out campaign by a named plaintiff in a related action in state court, saying mass texts promising unsubstantiated recoveries threaten to undermine the deal.