Wage & Hour

  • August 11, 2026

    NYC Fights Gig Cos.' Bids To Halt Pay Laws At 2nd Circ.

    New York City urged the Second Circuit to uphold rulings rejecting requests by DoorDash, Uber and Instacart to temporarily block gig-worker tipping and pay laws, arguing DoorDash and Uber are dressing up a policy dispute as a First Amendment claim and Instacart still cannot justify emergency relief.

  • August 11, 2026

    CSX Settles FMLA Retaliation Suit Over Holiday Leave

    CSX Transportation Inc. has agreed to settle a suit from three workers who claimed they were illegally suspended or fired after they were falsely accused of misusing medical leave to take holidays off, according to a filing Tuesday in Maryland federal court.

  • August 11, 2026

    OpenAI Employment Counsel Rejoins Munger Tolles

    An employment lawyer with OpenAI has rejoined Munger Tolles & Olson as of counsel in its Los Angeles office after a year with the tech company.

  • August 11, 2026

    10th Circ. Revives Pizza Driver's Minimum Wage Suit

    A pizza delivery driver who alleged his employer failed to cover his vehicle expenses has won a second chance at his minimum wage claims after the Tenth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the district court made a fundamental error by deciding a merits question under the guise of a standing analysis.

  • August 11, 2026

    Calif. AG, Agency Say Religious Orgs. Can Face Wage Claims

    A legal doctrine that is meant to protect religious organizations' faith-based decision-making from courts does not exempt such organizations from wage and hour laws, the California attorney general and the state labor commissioner's office argued in separate briefs to the California Supreme Court.

  • August 11, 2026

    Elevance Nurses Seek Final OK Of $14.75M OT Settlement

    Nurses who accused a major health insurer of misclassifying them as exempt from overtime pay have asked a Virginia federal court for final approval of a $14.75 million global settlement resolving five related cases after years of hard-fought litigation.

  • August 11, 2026

    Vassar College To Pay $5M To End Profs' Gender Pay Gap Suit

    Vassar College has struck a $5 million deal to end a suit by a group of female professors who alleged that the institution systematically underpaid and under-promoted women, despite them performing as well as or better than their male peers, according to a New York federal court filing.

  • August 10, 2026

    4 Tips For Cos. That Want To Call Workers Back To The Office

    Companies that want to increase in-person attendance for their employees must navigate a legal landscape different from the one that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic normalized remote work, experts say. Here are four things that businesses that want to promote in-person or hybrid work need to consider.

  • August 10, 2026

    Wage-Hour Tips For When Employees Have Side Hustles

    Employers should have clear timekeeping policies but avoid jumping to conclusions when employees work side jobs, especially as states add moonlighting protections and workers sue under those laws, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores what employers should keep in mind.

  • August 10, 2026

    Costco Can't Shake Wash. Workers' Moonlighting Class Action

    More than 26,000 Costco Wholesale Corp. workers have beaten back the company's bid for an early win in their Washington state court moonlighting class action, though a judge also denied the workers' own push for a pretrial victory.

  • August 10, 2026

    Insurer Must Defend Education Fund In Termination Dispute

    An insurer must defend and indemnify a plumbers' union-backed education fund accused of retaliating against a member who claimed he was wrongfully terminated after submitting a request for paternity leave, a New Jersey federal court ruled, finding that an exclusion barring coverage for activities of the union does not apply.

  • August 10, 2026

    BNSF Changed Weekend Travel Pay, Teamsters Unit Says

    BNSF Railway violated the terms of its collective bargaining agreements with a Teamsters unit by unilaterally changing the way it calculated weekend travel allowances for employees, the union alleged in a complaint filed in Illinois federal court.

  • August 10, 2026

    Judge Certifies Military Class In Delta Pilots' Leave Suit

    Delta pilots who alleged that the airline failed to pay them for short-term military absences secured class certification in Georgia federal court, with a judge finding the core question of whether the airline's uniform leave policy violates federal military leave law can be resolved using common evidence.

  • August 10, 2026

    Production Co. Fired Exec Over Pay Demands, Suit Says

    A media production company and its president misclassified an executive as an independent contractor, denied her overtime pay and fired her after she pressed for compensation she was owed, she said in a suit filed in New York federal court.

  • August 07, 2026

    Cable Techs Must Arbitrate Comcast Misclassification Suit

    Cable technicians who say that Comcast and several other companies have been misclassifying them as independent contractors to deny them job protections will have to arbitrate their claims, a Virginia federal court has ruled.

  • August 07, 2026

    Engineer Says Unsigned Contract Bars Oil Co. Arbitration

    A former worker of an oilfield services company told a Colorado federal judge that the company can't compel arbitration on his Fair Labor Standards Act and North Dakota wage law claims because the company isn't a party to the arbitration agreement that the worker signed.

  • August 07, 2026

    Tax Preparers Seek OK Of $1M Deal In OT Suit

    Tax preparers who accused a New York tax preparation company of overtime and wage violations have urged a New York federal court to grant preliminary approval of a $1.05 million class action settlement.

  • August 07, 2026

    Manufacturer Unistrut Hit With FLSA Suit Over OT Pay

    A former Unistrut International Corp. worker filed a proposed collective action in Michigan federal court on Friday accusing the metal framing system manufacturer of shortchanging thousands of hourly employees on overtime by failing to include shift differentials, bonuses and other compensation when calculating their pay.

  • August 07, 2026

    Calif. Forecast: 9th Circ. Hears NBA Announcer Tweet Dispute

    In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a former NBA announcer's wrongful termination suit against a radio station. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.

  • August 07, 2026

    Rising Star: Wigdor's Meredith Firetog

    Meredith Firetog of Wigdor LLP negotiated a settlement for a Sean "Diddy" Combs accuser who became a key witness in the case that resulted in his conviction for transporting women for prostitution, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2026

    Crocs Workers Near $300K Deal In OT Miscalculation Suit

    Distribution center workers who accused Crocs Inc. of miscalculating overtime pay by excluding shift differentials and bonuses from their regular rate have moved to settle their Fair Labor Standards Act claims for $300,000 in Colorado federal court.

  • August 07, 2026

    Translation Co. Can't Escape Misclassified Workers' OT Action

    A former worker's wage and hour class action against a translation services company largely survived a motion to dismiss in California federal court, with most claims allowed to proceed while the wrongful termination and meal break class claims were tossed.

  • August 07, 2026

    NY Forecast: Judge Weighs Blocking Farm Labor Contract

    In the week ahead, a New York federal judge will consider a worker's request to block a labor contract implemented at an upstate farm after an arbitration process laid out in a state law granting union rights to farmworkers.

  • August 06, 2026

    Judge Tosses Nuclear Power Wage-Fixing Case, For Now

    A Maryland federal court tossed a proposed class action accusing nuclear energy producers including Constellation Energy, DTE Energy and Duke Energy of fixing wages, after finding the claims came too late.

  • August 06, 2026

    Wash. Equipment Dealer Worker Pursues Collective Wage Suit

    About 50 employees of a heavy machinery dealer in Washington state were impacted by the company's noncompliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, a former employee alleged, asking a Washington state judge to turn his FLSA suit against RDO Equipment Co. into a collective action.

Expert Analysis

  • What To Expect From Trump's Deputy Labor Secretary Pick

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    President Donald Trump's nominee for deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, Keith Sonderling, has a track record of prioritizing clear guidance on both traditional and cutting-edge issues, which can provide insight into what employers can expect from his leadership, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Discretionary Compensation Lessons From 7th Circ. Ruling

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    The Seventh Circuit’s recent ruling in Das v. Tata established that contract disclaimers don't automatically bar claims under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, underscoring the limits of compensation systems that purport to grant employers unilateral discretion, say attorneys at Schoenberg Finkel.

  • What's Next After Justices Clarify FLSA Evidence Standard

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in EMD Sales v. Carrera makes it easier to claim employees are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime requirements, and eliminates inconsistency and unpredictability for employers operating in multiple jurisdictions, say attorneys at Bracewell.

  • 4 Employment Law Areas Set To Change Under Trump

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    President Donald Trump's second term is expected to bring significant changes to the U.S. employment law landscape, including the potential for updated worker classification regulations, and challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion that are already taking shape, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 8 Lessons Yellow Corp. Layoffs Can Teach Distressed Cos.

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    A Delaware bankruptcy court’s recent decision, examining trucking company Yellow Corp.’s abrupt termination of roughly 25,500 employees, offers financially distressed businesses a road map for navigating layoffs under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024

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    Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2024, and explain how they may affect issues related to mass arbitration, consumer fraud, class certification and more.

  • 10 Key Worker-Friendly California Employment Law Updates

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    New employment laws in California expand employee rights, transparency and enforcement mechanisms, and failing to educate department managers on these changes could put employers at risk, says Melanie Ronen at Stradley Ronon.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: Nov. And Dec. Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving takings clause violations, breach of contract with banks, life insurance policies, employment and automobile defects.

  • How PAGA Reform Can Inform Employer Strategies In 2025

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    While recent changes to California's Private Attorneys General Act will not significantly reduce PAGA claims, employers can use the new law to potentially limit their future exposure, by taking advantage of penalty reduction opportunities and more, say attorneys at Thompson Coburn.

  • 7 Employment Contracts Issues Facing DOL Scrutiny

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    A growing trend of U.S. Department of Labor enforcement against employment practices that limit workers' rights and avoid legal responsibility shines a light on seven unique contractual provisions that violate federal labor laws, and face agressive litigation from the labor solicitor, says Thomas Starks at Freeman Mathis.

  • How Decline Of Deference Will Affect Trump Policymaking

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    An administrative law regime without Chevron deference may limit the Trump administration’s ability to implement new policies in the short term, but ultimately help it in the long term, and all parties with an interest in regulatory changes will have to take a fresh approach to litigation, say attorneys at Covington.

  • How Trump Admin May Approach AI In The Workplace

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    Key indicators suggest that the incoming Trump administration will adopt a deregulatory approach to artificial intelligence, allowing states to fill the void, so it is critical that employers pay close attention to developing legal authority concerning AI tools, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Lessons Learned From 2024's Top FMLA Decisions

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    Last year's major litigation related to the Family and Medical Leave Act underscores why it is critical for employers to understand the basics of when leave and accommodations are required, say attorneys at Dechert.