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February 13, 2026
The owner of four Washington kiosks known as bikini barista coffee stands can't dodge the state attorney general's action accusing him of underpaying and discriminating against female workers, a King County Superior Court judge ruled Friday, rejecting the defendant's argument that the women themselves would have to sue.
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February 13, 2026
This week, the Second Circuit will consider a former Con Edison worker's claim that a trial court improperly excluded evidence from trial that limited the amount of backpay that she was able to receive despite the jury finding the energy company retaliated against her.
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February 13, 2026
Employers should prepare for brand-new hires to take leave now that New York City has made unpaid sick and safe leave immediately available to workers without it needing to accrue, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores how employers can comply with the new requirements.
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February 13, 2026
CSX Transportation Inc. is asking a Florida federal court to allow for an immediate appeal to the Eleventh Circuit of the denial of its bid to dismiss a former employee's medical leave claims, arguing that the ruling runs counter to what other appellate courts have said on this statute of limitations issue.
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February 13, 2026
A food service business told a Connecticut district court it plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up two distributors' misclassification case, asking the lower court to pause litigation after the Second Circuit ruled that the workers could dodge arbitration.
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February 13, 2026
A former Sysco diesel technician and Christian preacher failed to support constructive discharge and overtime time claims in his suit alleging he was treated differently because of his religion and denied overtime, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, trimming those claims while also cutting certain claims for retaliation.
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February 13, 2026
North Carolina's highest court kicks off its first week of arguments in 2026 with a look at how a coastal county is spending its occupancy tax dollars on public safety, and whether those allocations flout a state law mandating the funds be put toward tourism.
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February 13, 2026
Indiana's attorney general has declined to intervene in a pro se plaintiff's suit seeking to revive $170,000 in wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, finding the case did not pose a "substantial" constitutional challenge to a state statute mandating that delayed contracts must be written and signed to be enforced.
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February 13, 2026
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP snagged substantial management-side wins last year, including a decision from the Maryland Supreme Court ruling that the de minimis doctrine for federal wage and hours cases applies to state claims, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2026
In the next two weeks, attorneys should keep an eye out for potential final approval of a $12 million deal to resolve a class action alleging Delta Air Lines failed to pay proper wages. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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February 13, 2026
An insurance call-center business misclassified its sales representatives as independent contractors and flouted "the most basic payroll" requirements by paying them through a cash app, a worker said in a proposed collective action in Florida federal court.
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February 12, 2026
A Colorado appellate court panel affirmed on Thursday a $3.36 million jury verdict in favor of a natural gas marketing company ex-trading director, but denied him the $10 million in statutory penalties he sought, saying an earlier version of the Colorado Wage Claim Act applied.
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February 12, 2026
New Mexico federal court correctly lifted a stay in a delivery driver's wage and hour suit against a Papa John's franchisee because the entity was in default after it failed to pay the arbitration fees, the Tenth Circuit ruled Thursday.
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February 12, 2026
An ambulance company required off-the-clock work, automatically deducted time for "safety naps" during employees' 24-hour shifts and failed to include bonuses in overtime calculations, according to a proposed collective action filed in Texas federal court Thursday.
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February 12, 2026
A telehealth platform for weight management misclassified healthcare providers as independent contractors, denying them full wages and expense reimbursements, a former physician alleged in a proposed class and collective action filed in California federal court.
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February 12, 2026
The deRubertis Law Firm APC secured recent jury verdicts for workers in employment litigation, including nearly $35 million in a defamation suit and $27.5 million in a whistleblower case, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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February 12, 2026
The full Third Circuit will not reconsider a panel decision upholding a $1 million judgment against a home health company in a U.S. Department of Labor suit accusing it of failing to pay in-home care providers minimum wage and overtime.
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February 12, 2026
TEKsystems Inc. recruiters performed routine sales production work that did not rise to the level of administrative work necessary to be exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled.
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February 11, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit shut down a lawsuit against a cannabidiol products company Wednesday, rejecting a former worker's argument that the failure to secure approval for a settlement ending a prior case where he alleged wage-and-hour violations left him an avenue to subsequently sue for fraud.
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February 11, 2026
Fighters who accuse the Ultimate Fighting Championship of suppressing wages asked a Nevada federal judge to order a third-party talent agency to explain why it should not be held in contempt for violating a discovery order.
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February 11, 2026
Zipcar enforced noncompetes against employees who did not meet Washington state's earnings threshold and barred managers from discussing their wages in violation of state law, a former manager alleged in a proposed class action filed in state court.
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February 11, 2026
A federal jury in North Carolina found that a former worker at a fuel parts manufacturing company who alleged he wasn't paid for overtime or for time spent putting on personal protection equipment failed to prove that he hadn't received the wages he'd been promised.
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February 11, 2026
An oil drilling service provider systematically failed to pay its employees for their overtime and asked them to rework their time sheets to show fewer working hours, a worker told a Texas federal court.
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February 11, 2026
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP scored wins for several major companies over the last year, including a Second Circuit ruling for X Corp. that courts cannot compel payment of arbitration fees mid-proceeding and one for AstraZeneca in a nearly $50 million equal pay dispute, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2026
Customer service employees must arbitrate wage claims against a fintech company formerly owned by Goldman Sachs, a Georgia federal judge ruled on Wednesday, finding that arbitration agreements referencing Goldman Sachs remain enforceable even after the employer was divested from the banking giant.