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February 06, 2025
The Fair Labor Standards Act doesn't specify when employers need to pay workers and doesn't give a right to per diem payments, Frontier Communications and a staffing contractor said while urging a Florida federal court to trim a telecom technician's suit.
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February 06, 2025
A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday put on hold the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" program for federal employees, delaying the deadline for workers to accept the offer until Monday while the court weighs the legality of the move.
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February 06, 2025
A mortgage company reached an agreement with a collective of loan officers to resolve their suit accusing the firm of unlawfully classifying them as exempt from earning overtime wages, a filing in California federal court said.
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February 05, 2025
A Washington federal judge has granted the U.S. Department of Labor a partial win in a farmworker union's challenge to federal policies that have allegedly depressed farmworker wages, concluding that some claims challenge DOL actions that aren't final agency actions.
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February 05, 2025
The AFL-CIO, the Economic Policy Institute and four unions sued the U.S. Department of Labor and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency in D.C. federal court Wednesday, seeking a temporary restraining order to stop DOL leadership from complying with any attempt by DOGE to access DOL data.
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February 05, 2025
A former case manager sanctioned for faking evidence and the nonprofit mental health and addiction treatment center she accused of not paying full wages told a North Carolina federal court they agreed to end the case a month before the trial was set to start.
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February 05, 2025
The New Jersey Supreme Court said it will review rulings that denied a bid for unpaid wages by an immigrant living in the country without legal permission, which stemmed from an arrangement that had him performing tasks for a property management company in exchange for an apartment.
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February 05, 2025
A Maryland federal court's decision imposing a stricter standard for an employer to claim an overtime exemption is no longer valid after the U.S. Supreme Court said the heightened evidence standard isn't necessary, an international food distributor told the Fourth Circuit.
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February 05, 2025
A former franchisee for CBD company American Shaman Franchise System LLC on Wednesday objected to an order from a magistrate judge rejecting his bid to disqualify her, saying that a magistrate judge has no authority to decide on a posttrial motion.
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February 05, 2025
A Mississippi poultry processor will pay $57,000 to end a U.S. Department of Labor suit alleging it violated child labor laws, according to a motion filed Wednesday.
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February 05, 2025
A restaurant in Illinois will pay nearly $747,000 in a U.S. Department of Labor suit alleging it stiffed workers on their full wages and fudged records, according to a federal court filing.
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February 05, 2025
Boeing cheated system and data analysts out of overtime pay even though they performed overtime-eligible work, a former employee said in a proposed class and collective action in Virginia federal court.
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February 05, 2025
A former loan counselor for a collection agency can form a collective with other remote and hybrid workers to pursue her claims that the company failed to pay the workers for time spent logging on to their computers, a Pennsylvania federal judge said.
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February 05, 2025
A Maryland federal judge greenlighted a collective of servers and bartenders in their lawsuit accusing a Creole restaurant of unlawfully claiming a tip credit to pay workers lower wages but then withholding some of their tips, finding the workers to be sufficiently similar.
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February 04, 2025
Amazon is asking a Washington federal judge to oust nearly a dozen plaintiffs from a collective action accusing the e-commerce giant of misclassifying Amazon Flex delivery drivers as independent contractors, claiming the individuals failed to comply with a court-ordered discovery deadline last month.
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February 04, 2025
A recent Third Circuit opinion on the compensability of travel time between worksites serves as a good reminder for employers to review their workers’ travel practices. Here, Law360 offers three tips on how to determine whether travel time should be paid.
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February 04, 2025
The First Circuit on Tuesday questioned an au pair placement agency's assertion that it is still entitled to force wage violation claims into arbitration in Switzerland despite more than four years of U.S. litigation and one prior trip to the appellate court.
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February 04, 2025
The Fifth Circuit upended on Tuesday a ruling that blocked an executive order increasing the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 per hour, saying former President Joe Biden acted within his authority when he put forward the regulation because it was intended to promote economy and efficiency.
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February 04, 2025
Southwest Airlines only compensated flight attendants for the time between a plane's departure from its gate and arrival at its destination, disregarding the work they performed outside that time frame, according to a proposed class action the company removed to Colorado federal court.
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February 04, 2025
A Third Circuit panel disregarded U.S. Supreme Court precedent when affirming a $22 million verdict for Pennsylvania battery manufacturer workers in a suit over time spent donning and doffing gear before and after shifts, the company said, urging the full appeals court to step in.
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February 04, 2025
An Allegheny County contractor will pay $144,000 to settle claims from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry that it had misclassified nearly 200 workers, the department announced Monday.
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February 04, 2025
An insurer told a Washington federal court that it owes limited coverage to two McDonald's franchisees it insures in suits accusing them of illegally withholding specific pay figures in job postings.
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February 04, 2025
A former stagehand is suing the entertainment companies behind Coachella and many sporting events in California state court, saying she and other hourly workers are required to drive as much as three hours away from their homes for work without any compensation.
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February 04, 2025
President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped a top aide to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's acting head for the role of the agency's acting general counsel, elevating an attorney who formerly worked for Paul Hastings LLP and Littler Mendelson PC.
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February 04, 2025
Quest Diagnostics reached a $25,000 deal to resolve a former call center agent's suit alleging she was stiffed on wages for the time she spent booting up her computer and shutting down the programs after work, a filing in New Jersey federal court said.