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March 21, 2024
BNSF Railway Co. and a conductor who alleged that he was illegally fired for his use of medical leave have reached a settlement to their Family and Medical Leave Act dispute, according to a notice filed in Washington federal court.
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March 21, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor fined a Baskin-Robbins franchisee with eight locations in Utah nearly $50,000 for allowing minors to work later and longer than allowed by law, the agency said Thursday.
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March 21, 2024
A former hourly worker for a Colorado-based cannabis dispensary said the company failed to provide employees with mandatory meal and rest breaks or compensate them for those missed breaks, according to a proposed class action in Colorado state court.
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March 21, 2024
The Virginia governor’s recent veto of pay transparency and salary history legislation shows that not all states are ready to advance such requirements, even as worker advocates say they are seeing widespread momentum on the issue. Here, Law360 examines what the veto could mean for the state of the pay transparency movement.
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March 21, 2024
Nearly three dozen contractors working on a federal earthquake recovery program on a U.S. Navy base in California paid more than $1.5 million in back wages, damages and fines for denying 413 workers their full wages and benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor said.
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March 21, 2024
A California panel said a worker can sue an agriculture company under the Private Attorneys General Act even if she didn't advance individual claims under the state law, flipping a lower court's ruling striking her suit.
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March 21, 2024
A government contractor said federal law doesn't cover its policy giving employees a bonus upon retirement, but workers lodging a lawsuit against the company weren't eligible for the payments anyway, urging a North Carolina court to toss the suit.
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March 21, 2024
SkyWest Airlines and a group of ex-pilots asked a California federal judge to approve a $650,000 settlement ending a suit accusing the airline of failing to pay minimum wage, saying the deal is a more than fair and reasonable resolution.
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March 21, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered more than $199,000 in back wages for 37 workers denied their full wages and benefits by a Massachusetts-based construction subcontractor working on a federally funded project at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Rhode Island, the DOL said.
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March 20, 2024
A Connecticut federal judge has conditionally certified a boat captain's federal wage claims against a government subcontractor specializing in bridge projects, reasoning he sufficiently pled a violation of overtime pay policy, while declining to greenlight sub-collectives under New Jersey and Pennsylvania laws.
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March 20, 2024
The full Ninth Circuit on Wednesday appeared to not lean one way or the other in determining whether California's Assembly Bill 5 is rational or irrational, indicating that the future of the worker classification law remains uncertain.
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March 20, 2024
A Democratic lawmaker from Rhode Island proposed a bill Wednesday that would guarantee U.S. workers the ability to earn at least 10 paid vacation days per year — a move that could extend the benefit to almost 27 million people who lack access to compensated time off.
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March 20, 2024
Legislation across all levels of government has spurred progress on pay equity but critical gaps persist, such as the limited information employees have on their company's pay practices and the need to think about equal pay beyond compensation, attorneys say.
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March 20, 2024
A proposed collective action alleging that oil and gas exploration and production company Tug Hill Operating LLC misclassified rig workers as independent contractors, resulting in overtime violations, will proceed, as a West Virginia federal court on Wednesday declined to send the claims to arbitration.
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March 20, 2024
A Pennsylvania-based insurance brokerage willfully violated federal wage law when it misrepresented overtime hours employees worked and otherwise dodged wage requirements, a federal judge ruled in a case brought by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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March 20, 2024
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., have introduced legislation to prevent universities that receive federal funding from hiring unauthorized immigrants.
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March 20, 2024
A New York City law took effect Wednesday that allows workers to sue their employers for safe and sick leave violations without having to file an administrative complaint first.
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March 20, 2024
The parent company of UFC revealed Wednesday that it will pay $335 million to settle a class action alleging fighters' wages were suppressed by up to $1.6 billion, a move that comes after the two sides entered mediation last month ahead of a now-vacated trial.
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March 20, 2024
After hours of oral argument in a closely watched administrative law case, it appeared that some U.S. Supreme Court justices could be open to limiting the opportunities for lower courts to defer to federal agencies' legal interpretations in disputes over rulemaking — and legal experts said there are a number of ways they could do it.
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March 20, 2024
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2024 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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March 20, 2024
An Eleventh Circuit ruling that a public agency operating golf courses did not owe a proposed class of golf attendants wages because they were not employees shows that clarity is needed when enlisting volunteers, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores the issue.
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March 19, 2024
NBT Bancorp violates the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York state wage law by failing to compensate bank tellers for time spent preparing banks to open and close for the day, two workers alleged in a proposed class and collective action filed in New York federal court.
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March 19, 2024
A group of coal mining companies and a collective of miners who allege they were compelled to perform pre- and post-shift work without adequate overtime compensation told a Kentucky federal court they have reached a settlement to their over 4-year-old dispute.
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March 19, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor can't strategically walk away from discovery obligations in a suit accusing a Mississippi fishery of threatening to deport workers if they cooperate in a wage investigation, the fishery said, arguing it won't have a chance to properly defend itself.
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March 19, 2024
A group of some 200 paralegals in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office may pursue claims of unpaid overtime compensation as a collective but not a class, a Pennsylvania federal court held, finding a proposed class of representatives lacked evidence of a common injury.