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July 16, 2025
A staffing company's retainer pay plan did not amount to paying its employees on a salary basis, a collective of workers told the Fifth Circuit, urging the appeals court to uphold a Texas federal court decision that they were not overtime-exempt.
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July 16, 2025
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP announced Tuesday the official opening of a permanent office located in Cleveland.
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July 15, 2025
X Corp. has urged a California federal judge against holding a jury trial on a former Twitter worker's claims the company and owner Elon Musk violated state and federal laws requiring advance warning of mass layoffs, arguing the statutes don't provide for more than a bench trial.
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July 15, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday adjusted the amount of back pay two female teachers should receive after a jury handed them a win on their claims that a Pennsylvania school district paid them less than men, and also signed off on liquidated damages.
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July 15, 2025
A Washington state appellate judge criticized a hospital system's attempt to undo a $230 million loss in a class wage and hour suit on Tuesday, suggesting the employer's arguments about meal break waivers and timekeeping practices are at odds with its own records.
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July 15, 2025
Michigan's courts are gearing up for a busy second half of the year, with high-profile prosecutions of Chinese scientists accused of smuggling, the state's top court tackling arbitration and automotive contracts, and revisions to the professional conduct rules for lawyers and judges all on deck.
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July 15, 2025
Two former field specialists of an oilfield service provider were not eligible for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act because they performed administrative tasks, a Fifth Circuit panel ruled, flipping a Texas district court's ruling in their favor.
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July 15, 2025
With an ongoing legal challenge and pushback from businesses, New Jersey's landmark temp worker bill of rights, which requires equal pay for equal work, shows the difficulty of modernizing wage and hour law, attorneys say.
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July 15, 2025
Optum Care Inc. and parent company UnitedHealth Group fired a care team supervisor while she was on maternity leave without a tangible reason, according to a suit lodged in California state court.
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July 14, 2025
The value of top wage and hour class and collective action settlements is down so far this year, while conditional certifications in wage collective litigation are up, according to Duane Morris LLP reports, trends that a lead author attributed to the relative ease of obtaining initial collective approval.
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July 14, 2025
Honeywell has settled a former Ohio employee's lawsuit alleging that the conglomerate failed to pay her for all hours worked, including automatically deducting lunch breaks she often didn't take and not paying her for time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings before each shift, court documents show.
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July 14, 2025
The D.C. Circuit has said the Biden administration did not flout notice and comment rulemaking procedures when it issued a rule in 2022 revising the H-2A visa worker program because it pulled the Trump administration's 2021 version of the rule before it became final.
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July 14, 2025
A Washington federal judge reconsidered his prior decision sending a Marriott worker's wage and hour suit back to state court, agreeing with the hotel giant's argument that the amount in controversy is above $5 million, and dismissed the proposed class action while allowing the worker to update his claims.
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July 14, 2025
A Durham, North Carolina-based bakery is being accused of paying its employees a flat hourly rate regardless of how many hours they worked in violation of labor law, according to a proposed collective action filed in North Carolina federal court.
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July 14, 2025
A former supervisor of education at a Florida federal prison was late in challenging the U.S. Department of Justice's denial of her accommodation request for anxiety and adjustment disorder, the Eleventh Circuit ruled on Monday, upholding a federal court's decision dismissing her suit.
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July 14, 2025
A customer experience technology company can't force arbitration in a lawsuit alleging remote workers weren't reimbursed for internet service and computers they were mandated to purchase, an ex-employee told a Colorado federal court, arguing the company can't show that she and another worker signed valid arbitration agreements.
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July 14, 2025
Home Depot Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action from a former retail worker who alleged that the company is violating Washington state labor laws by banning its lowest-earning employees from moonlighting at second jobs.
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July 14, 2025
Charter Communications can't arbitrate an employee's Private Attorneys General Act suit because parts of the arbitration agreement are "unconscionable," a California appeals panel ruled, relying on the state Supreme Court's decisions addressing the same pact.
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July 11, 2025
The value of the top settlements in employment discrimination class actions in the first half of 2025 was over $220 million, which is on pace to exceed the value of last year's largest set of deals, according to a new Duane Morris LLP report.
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July 11, 2025
Two Chinese restaurants in Manhattan have agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle a suit accusing them of cheating tipped workers out of tips, the workers told a New York federal court, urging the court to approve the deal.
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July 11, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor is dismantling President Joe Biden's legacy and reconfiguring the Wage and Hour Division with a business-friendly approach, as seen in the agency saying it would not seek liquidated damages against employers and its announcement that it would stop enforcement of an employee-friendly classification rule. Here, Law360 explores these and other developments unfolding at the DOL.
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July 11, 2025
A $16 million deal ending three consolidated suits accusing Providence Health & Services and two related entities of not giving nearly 23,900 meal and rest breaks can proceed, a Washington state judge ruled, finding the deal fair.
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July 11, 2025
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed a bill repealing paid sick leave benefits and yearly cost-of-living wage increases that were approved by state voters in a ballot initiative.
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July 11, 2025
An arbitration provider is immune from a logistics company's suit accusing it of not properly vetting its arbitrators, including one who oversaw a wage and hour suit against the company, a California appeals panel ruled, affirming a lower court's decision to nix the case.
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July 11, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for the potential initial sign-off on a $50 million deal between Google and Black workers who alleged the technology giant discriminated against them based on race. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.