A U.S. Supreme Court look at a private prison operator's assertion of immunity from incarcerated workers' claims, appeals seeking to replace the two-step collective certification process and challenges to U.S. Department of Labor rules are among the wage and hour cases to watch in the coming months. Here’s a look at those ongoing cases.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that there is no heightened burden of proof in Fair Labor Standards Act class actions and the Ninth Circuit’s backing of a California independent contractor classification law are some of the biggest wage and hour rulings so far this year. Here, Law360 explores the rulings.
A nationwide collective of Cracker Barrel servers in a wage and hour case is too vast, the Ninth Circuit ruled, saying members who worked for the restaurant chain outside Arizona, where the suit was launched, should not have been permitted to join.
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A U.S. Supreme Court look at a private prison operator's assertion of immunity from incarcerated workers' claims, appeals seeking to replace the two-step collective certification process and challenges to U.S. Department of Labor rules are among the wage and hour cases to watch in the coming months. Here’s a look at those ongoing cases.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that there is no heightened burden of proof in Fair Labor Standards Act class actions and the Ninth Circuit’s backing of a California independent contractor classification law are some of the biggest wage and hour rulings so far this year. Here, Law360 explores the rulings.
A nationwide collective of Cracker Barrel servers in a wage and hour case is too vast, the Ninth Circuit ruled, saying members who worked for the restaurant chain outside Arizona, where the suit was launched, should not have been permitted to join.
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July 08, 2025
California elected officials are not covered by the state's whistleblower protections because they don't fall under the definition of employees, the California Supreme Court ruled, affirming a state appeals court decision to nix a retaliation suit from the City of Inglewood's former elected treasurer.
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July 08, 2025
An engineering company deducted time from workers' hours for meal breaks they didn't get to take and improperly calculated their overtime pay rates, a proposed collective action filed in Virginia federal court said.
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July 08, 2025
Updating the Fair Labor Standards Act to reflect the nuances of remote work, reforming arbitration and tackling the issue of salary expectations to further reduce the pay gap are all issues employment lawyers wish policymakers would tackle in the latter half of the year. Here, Law360 explores what kind of changes attorneys would like to see in an ideal world.
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July 07, 2025
The city of Mesa, Arizona, misclassified fire department employees as overtime-exempt when they worked ambulance shifts, the workers said in a proposed collective action filed in federal court, saying their ambulance duties did not include fire protection work that would trigger an exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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July 07, 2025
A personal injury law firm told a New Mexico federal court Monday that a legal assistant was pushed out not because she was pregnant but because she was a poor performer, while the former employee argued the firm reneged on its promise to pay her in exchange for quitting.
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July 07, 2025
A Massachusetts federal judge declined on Monday to rethink partially tossing a former Leerink Partners employee's suit alleging she was cheated out of millions of dollars in bonuses, rejecting the worker's argument that new evidence should change the court's mind.
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July 07, 2025
A California state court's decision to preliminarily approve a settlement in a case against PHH Mortgage would prevent California mortgage loan officers from pursuing their claims in their New Jersey federal court proceedings, two California workers told the New Jersey court.
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July 07, 2025
An airline lobby and the state of Colorado told a federal court last week that a settlement "appears unlikely" in the airline group's case claiming the state's sick leave law is preempted by federal law.
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July 07, 2025
The de minimis doctrine established in a U.S. Supreme Court decision for Fair Labor Standards Act claims applies to suits brought under Maryland wage and hour laws, the state's high court ruled in a former Amazon employee's case over unpaid post-shift security screenings.
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July 07, 2025
A Golden Corral franchisee misclassified an assistant kitchen manager as a salaried employee, lowered his pay and ultimately fired him for complaining that the owner's son was making inappropriate sexual comments, according to a suit filed Monday in Pennsylvania federal court.
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July 07, 2025
A company that operates Michigan pizza restaurants failed to hang on to nearly half of the payroll records of a collective of delivery drivers accusing it of not fully reimbursing them for vehicle-related expenses, the drivers told a federal court, saying sanctions may be necessary.
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July 03, 2025
A California federal judge Thursday refused to certify three putative classes of former Bank of America employees who accused the bank of not paying them their accrued, unused vacation time, saying a proposed class representative seemingly wasn't eligible for vacation time accrual.
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July 03, 2025
The Central Bucks School District in Pennsylvania says counsel representing two female teachers awarded $165,000 in an equal pay lawsuit should not be given $2.7 million in fees, arguing that request is not proportionate to the result.
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July 03, 2025
It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court.
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July 03, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them.
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July 03, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor is backtracking on a proposed rule that would have ended a program allowing employers to pay workers with disabilities below the federal minimum wage, saying ending the program could result in a lack of employment opportunities for disabled individuals.
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July 03, 2025
The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.
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July 03, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.
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July 03, 2025
A suit by workers accusing a call center company of incorrectly classifying them as independent contractors and then firing them when they complained must be thrown out, the company told a Florida federal court, saying the complaint is a "textbook impermissible shotgun pleading."
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July 03, 2025
U.S. Department of Labor opinion letters give businesses backup assistance to comply with wage and hour law, but it is a tool that has been politicized and viewed as potentially skewed in favor of employers, attorneys say.
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July 03, 2025
The second anniversary of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act's effective date recently passed, and though courts haven't shed much light yet on how they'll interpret the statute, new suits and settlements from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission offer insights for both employers and workers. Here, Law360 offers a midyear overview of the EEOC's efforts to enforce the PWFA.
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July 02, 2025
An on-demand moving and delivery service classifies workers as independent contractors — despite exercising substantial control over their work — and refuses to reimburse drivers for the costs they incur from buying gas and paying tolls, according to a proposed class action filed in California state court.
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July 02, 2025
Tipped workers will not see a $2 boost in their hourly wages this week after the D.C. City Council voted to pause a scheduled minimum wage increase that could spell trouble for a ballot initiative designed to match up minimum wages for both tipped and nontipped workers.
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July 02, 2025
A lawsuit by a group of sales representatives accusing TikTok of incorrectly classifying them as exempt from earning overtime can largely be sent to arbitration, a California federal judge ruled, saying all but one worker signed an agreement that mandates employment disputes stay out of court.
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July 02, 2025
After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term.