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May 29, 2026
From the latest U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether a federal arbitration exemption covers 'last-mile' drivers to the Second Circuit ruling limiting where workers can bring collectives, catch up on Law360 Employment Authority's wage and hour stories from May.
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May 29, 2026
CNN America and a former worker who claimed she was unlawfully denied a proper place to pump breast milk on the job told a D.C. federal court they had agreed on the broad strokes of a deal to resolve her suit.
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May 29, 2026
A unit of Tyson Foods is seeking an early win in a former production supervisor's overtime suit, urging an Arkansas federal judge to find that the worker was properly classified as exempt because he managed tortilla production lines and supervised scores of workers.
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May 29, 2026
T-Mobile required its hourly call center workers to boot up computers and log in to multiple software systems before their shifts without paying them for any of it, a former employee said in a collective and class action filed in Washington federal court.
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May 28, 2026
A dietary worker at a Pennsylvania hospital network accused her employer of shortchanging overtime pay by leaving bonuses out of the calculation, according to a proposed collective action filed in federal court.
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May 28, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that an arbitration exemption can cover delivery drivers, who complete the last leg of an interstate journey but themselves don't cross state lines or touch a vehicle that does, doesn't entirely address distribution agreements and class action waivers, attorneys said.
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May 28, 2026
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision finding that a lower court abused its discretion by relying on arguments the parties never raised supports a home care company's bid to undo a Sixth Circuit ruling affirming nearly $15 million in overtime liability, the company told the appeals court.
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May 28, 2026
Amtrak violated its collective bargaining agreements with two unions by allowing only workers who were actively employed on the 15th day of the month to accrue paid time off, the unions told a District of Columbia federal court.
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May 28, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor will not oppose a bid by construction industry groups to permanently wipe out three provisions of a Biden-era Davis-Bacon Act rule that a Texas federal court has already blocked nationwide.
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May 28, 2026
The Seventh Circuit affirmed a medical benefits management company's win in a Black former business analyst's suit alleging she was denied higher pay and promotions because of her race, saying she failed to show the company's stated reasons were a cover for discrimination.
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May 28, 2026
Two security guards dropped their proposed class and collective action that alleged a security company in Washington, D.C., failed to pay workers for time spent traveling between jobsites, according to a filing Wednesday in D.C. federal court.
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May 28, 2026
An exemption to federal arbitration requirements for workers engaged in interstate commerce can extend to what are known as last-mile drivers who locally deliver goods that travel interstate, the U.S. Supreme Court held Thursday, resolving an issue that lingered after previous high court decisions.
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May 27, 2026
The Colorado Court of Appeals appeared poised Wednesday to revive the retaliation claims of a former human services caseworker against the county department she had worked for, pushing back on a lower court's interpretation of statutes meant to close gender pay gaps.
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May 27, 2026
Boeing has asked a South Carolina federal court to toss a proposed class and collective action brought by workers who say the aerospace giant failed to pay them for time spent waiting for and riding shuttles between a remote parking lot and its 787 Dreamliner manufacturing facility, arguing that such commute time is not compensable under federal law.
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May 27, 2026
The Third Circuit appeared startled Wednesday at the notion that the Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to notify workers that they're required to notify them of various aspects of the wage law, as Denny's seeks to overturn certification of a server's suit accusing it of violating the act's disclosure requirement.
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May 27, 2026
At least two major jurisdictions over the past year have seen back-and-forth efforts regarding whether to proceed with planned phase-outs of the tipped minimum wage, while voters in a third place decided against such a phase-out altogether. Here, Law360 explores three hotbeds for the issue.
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May 27, 2026
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday partially upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a Vermont software company illegally fired an employee for creating a spreadsheet to help coworkers compare salaries, but found the board relied on protected activity unrelated to the subject of the complaint in the case to find the company illegally fired three other workers.
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May 27, 2026
Baseball podcaster Jared Carrabis and his production company were hit with a proposed class action in Massachusetts on Wednesday by a former producer who says Carrabis used the end of a sponsorship deal to stop paying him and other personnel on his podcasts at the end of February.
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May 27, 2026
An Illinois federal judge Tuesday refused to dismiss a putative class action brought by flight attendants alleging American Airlines failed to properly compensate them for overtime work, saying the airline's argument that their claims are preempted and require interpreting collective bargaining agreements is premature.
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May 27, 2026
Two healthcare companies urged a Tennessee federal court to reconsider its order allowing additional discovery in a nurse's proposed collective action, arguing that a recent Sixth Circuit ruling forecloses a theory that workers must be paid for meal periods spent while on call to respond to patients.
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May 27, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday it will not increase its civil monetary penalties for 2026 because the federal government shutdown last fall kept the Bureau of Labor Statistics from publishing the inflation data needed to calculate the annual adjustment.
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May 27, 2026
Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced on Tuesday that it has brought on a pair of labor and employment attorneys from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP to its Seattle office, citing the growth of wage-and-hour litigation in Washington.
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May 27, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor's proposed rule to raise prevailing wages for certain immigrant workers drew criticism from organizations such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, calling the suggested wages unrealistic, while others said the rule is necessary to protect American workers.
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May 27, 2026
Cable technicians who sued several telecommunications companies for misclassifying them as independent contractors told a Virginia federal court that Comcast and a related company cannot force their claims into arbitration because neither ever signed an arbitration agreement with the workers.
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May 26, 2026
The Fourth Circuit refused Tuesday to reopen a proposed class action claiming a private equity firm violated federal laws by abruptly shutting down a manufacturing plant, ruling decades-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent barred the former workers from suing simply to collect on a judgment against the manufacturer.