Wage & Hour

  • March 24, 2025

    DOL Abandons Biden's Wage Hike For Federal Contractors

    The U.S. Department of Labor said it is no longer enforcing the Biden-era minimum wage for federal contractors after President Donald Trump axed the raise, asking the Ninth Circuit to vacate a panel's decision against the wage bump.

  • March 24, 2025

    Xerox Workers Prevail On Washington Wage Law Claim

    Xerox failed to pay call center workers in compliance with Washington state's minimum wage law, a federal judge ruled while saying it's unclear just how much the company owes a class of about 4,800 current and former employees.

  • March 24, 2025

    Justices Won't Review San Francisco Salary Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a case about whether San Francisco nurses were misclassified and are entitled to overtime pay because they were not paid a true salary under the Fair Labor Standards Act — an issue that recalls the high court's ruling in Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. v. Hewitt.

  • March 21, 2025

    Ex-Worker, Oilfield Services Co. Settle Misclassification Suit

    A Texas-based oilfield support services company and a former employee have reached a settlement in the ex-employee's wage lawsuit accusing the company of misclassifying workers as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime, the parties told a Texas federal court.

  • March 21, 2025

    Full Fed Circ. To Mull Loper Bright's Impact On Nurse OT Case

    The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will consider a suit from a former nurse of the government-run Indian Health Service claiming she's owed a higher rate of overtime, weekend and holiday pay, asking both the worker and the government to address how the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision affects the case.

  • March 21, 2025

    Colo. Health System Incorrectly Calculates OT, Workers Say

    A Colorado healthcare system failed to account for the extra pay employees earn when working on holidays when calculating their overtime rates, a proposed class action removed to federal court said.

  • March 21, 2025

    NY Forecast: NFL Arbitration Bid In Race Bias Suit At 2nd Circ.

    This week, the Second Circuit will hear the National Football League's appeal of a lower court decision partially denying its bid to send former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores' racial bias suit to arbitration.

  • March 21, 2025

    4 Employer Takeaways From Google's $28M Pay Bias Pact

    A $28 million settlement in a suit accusing Google of violating California law by paying white and Asian workers better than some nonwhite colleagues should serve as a "wake-up call" for employers in the state, experts say. Here, experts who spoke to Law360 lay out four takeaways for employers.

  • March 21, 2025

    Calif. Forecast: Car Dealership Challenges NLRB Structure

    In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a ruling on a car dealership's attempt to halt National Labor Relations Board proceedings based on an argument that the board's structure is unconstitutional. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.

  • March 21, 2025

    Teamsters Unit Wants Out Of Black UPS Worker's Bias Suit

    A Black UPS employee's claims against a Teamsters unit should be tossed, the union told a Mississippi federal court, saying that he cannot show the union treated him unfairly and that it cannot be held responsible for interfering with his medical leave rights.

  • March 20, 2025

    SeaWorld Wants Ex-Worker's Wage Suit Sent To Arbitration

    A former SeaWorld employee's wage suit should be sent to arbitration, the company told a California federal judge, saying the worker electronically signed a document three years ago that committed him to arbitrating employment-related disputes with the company.

  • March 20, 2025

    DOL Must Face Part Of Trade Groups' Prevailing Wage Suit

    The U.S. Department of Labor cannot fully escape a lawsuit from two trade associations challenging the agency's final rule updating prevailing wage rates for federal construction projects, with a Texas federal judge finding the groups showed that their members could be harmed by the changes.

  • March 20, 2025

    NC Statehouse Catch-Up: Helene, Crypto, Curbing The AG

    Hurricane Helene is still center stage in the North Carolina General Assembly nearly six months after it tore through a large swath of the state, with the governor signing off on the latest round of funding as one lawmaker seeks to carve out cash to rebuild a destroyed courthouse.

  • March 20, 2025

    Ex-Harvard Coach's Bias Suit Filed On Time, Judge Advises

    Harvard University shouldn't escape a former ice hockey coach's suit alleging she was forced into retirement for complaining that she was treated differently from her male colleagues, a Massachusetts federal judge recommended, saying her claims were filed within the statutory time limits.

  • March 20, 2025

    Workers Say Construction Co. Fails To Pay Prevailing Wages

    A building materials company does not pay prevailing wages to employees assigned to public works projects and requires workers to perform off-the-clock tasks that result in unpaid overtime, two crane operators said in a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court.

  • March 20, 2025

    American Airlines Strikes Deal To End Preshift Work Suit

    American Airlines agreed to pay $185,000 to end a customer service worker's class action accusing the company of requiring employees to complete substantial preshift work without pay, according to a filing in Arizona federal court.

  • March 19, 2025

    Frontier Wants Technician's Retaliation Claim Tossed

    A technician's claim alleging he was fired for complaining about unpaid travel wages should be thrown out, Frontier Communications and a staffing contractor told a Florida federal court, saying the payment his complaint was over isn't covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act.

  • March 19, 2025

    Conn. Barber Says She Faced Anti-Polish Bias, Docked Pay

    A former barber at a Greenwich, Connecticut, hair salon has taken her ex-employer to federal court for allegedly discriminating against her for being from Poland, failing to pay overtime, and docking her pay for "house charges" to cover amenities she was never given at work.

  • March 19, 2025

    MLM Cosmetics Co. Doesn't Pay Any Wages, Stylist Says

    A multilevel marketing company illegally classifies stylists as independent contractors, thus forcing them to foot the bill for promoting the company's products, and only pays workers a commission and for recruiting more stylists, a lawsuit filed in California state court said.

  • March 19, 2025

    Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2025 Editorial Boards

    Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.

  • March 19, 2025

    University Didn't Pay Wages, Benefits, Faculty Members Say

    The now-defunct Union Institute & University cheated 35 faculty members out of wages, and misappropriated and lied about their health insurance benefits, the employees said in a lawsuit filed in Ohio federal court.

  • March 19, 2025

    Ark. Hospital, Outsourcing Co. Strike Deal To End Pay Suit

    An Arkansas hospital and an outsourcing company will pay $2,500 to resolve a former employee's suit alleging she was forced to work through her lunch breaks and wasn't properly compensated for this extra time, a motion filed Wednesday in federal court said.

  • March 19, 2025

    Delivery App Gopuff Misclassifies Workers, DC AG Says

    Delivery company Gopuff misclassifies its workers as independent contractors to avoid paying them minimum and overtime wages and to skirt its obligations to pay into Washington, D.C., public benefit programs, the district's attorney general alleged.

  • March 18, 2025

    9th Circ. Says Nike Bias Suit Docs Can Be Ordered Destroyed

    The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday ruled that a lower court was allowed to make an Oregon newspaper destroy documents it obtained related to internal workplace complaints at Nike, saying the newspaper became a party to the lawsuit alleging workplace discrimination against female employees when it intervened to get the documents.

  • March 18, 2025

    Vans Facility Subjected Employees To Extreme Heat, Suit Says

    A former Vans sneaker distribution center in Southern California made employees work in unventilated rooms that would reach over 100 degrees, an employee who worked at the facility for 16 years has alleged in a new lawsuit filed in California state court.

Expert Analysis

  • A Path Forward For Employers, Regardless Of DEI Stance

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    Whether a company views the Trump administration's executive orders ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs as a win or a loss, the change rearranges the employment hazards companies face, but not the non-DEI and nondiscriminatory economic incentive to seek the best workers, says Daniel S. Levy at Advanced Analytical Consulting Group.

  • Water Cooler Talk: 'Late Night' Shows DEI Is More Than Optics

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    Amid the shifting legal landscape for corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Troutman's Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter chat with their firm's DEI committee chair, Nicole Edmonds, about how the 2019 film "Late Night" reflects the challenges and rewards of fostering meaningful inclusion.

  • NCAA Rulings Signal Game Change For Athlete Classification

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    A Tennessee federal court's recent decision in Pavia v. NCAA adds to a growing call to consider classifying college athletes as employees under federal law, a change that would have unexpected, potentially prohibitive costs for schools, says J.R. Webster Cucovatz at Gilson Daub.

  • 6 Laws Transforming Calif.'s Health Regulatory Framework

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    Attorneys at Hooper Lundy discuss a number of new California laws that raise pressing issues for independent physicians and small practice groups, ranging from the use of artificial intelligence to wage standards for healthcare employees.

  • NCAA Name, Image, Likeness Settlement Is A $2.8B Mistake

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    While the plaintiffs in House v. NCAA might call the proposed settlement on name, image and likeness payments for college athletes a breakthrough, it's a legally dubious Band-Aid that props up a system favoring a select handful of male athletes at the expense of countless others, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.

  • FLSA Ruling Shows Split Over Court Approval Of Settlements

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    A Kentucky federal court's recent ruling in Bazemore v. Papa John's highlights a growing trend of courts finding they are not required, or even authorized, to approve private settlements releasing Fair Labor Standards Act claims, underscoring a jurisdictional split and open questions that practitioners need to grapple with, say attorneys at Vedder Price.

  • At 100, Federal Arbitration Act Is Used To Thwart Justice

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    The centennial of the Federal Arbitration Act, a law intended to streamline dispute resolution in commercial agreements, is an opportunity to reflect on its transformation from a tool of fairness into a corporate shield that impedes the right to a fair trial, says Lori Andrus at the American Association for Justice.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • What Justices' FLSA Ruling Means For 2-Step Collective Cert.

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in EMD Sales v. Carrera may have sounded the death knell for the decades-old two-step process to certify collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which could lead more circuits to require a preponderance of the evidence showing that members are similarly situated, says Steven Katz at Constangy.

  • The Future Of ALJs At NLRB And DOL Post-Jarkesy

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    In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 Jarkesy ruling, several ongoing challenges to the constitutionality of the U.S. Department of Labor's and the National Labor Relations Board's administrative law judges have the potential to significantly shape the future of administrative tribunals, say attorneys at Wiley Rein.

  • Preparing For A Possible End To The Subminimum Wage

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    The U.S. Department of Labor's proposed rule to end the subminimum wage for employees with disabilities may significantly affect the community-based rehabilitation and training programs that employ these workers, so certified programs should be especially vigilant about compliance during this period of evaluation and scrutiny, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • Water Cooler Talk: 'Harry Potter' Reveals Magic Of Feedback

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    Troutman Pepper's Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter chat with Wicker Park Group partner Tara Weintritt about various feedback methods used by "Harry Potter" characters — from Snape's sharp and cutting remarks to Dumbledore's lack of specificity and Hermione's poor delivery — and explore how clear, consistent and actionable feedback can transform workplaces.

  • 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.