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February 02, 2026
A Nebraska-based trucking company agreed to pay $18 million to nearly 100,000 current and former drivers to end a more than 11-year-old consolidated class action over unpaid minimum wages, reaching a deal the day before trial was set to begin, according to settlement papers filed in federal court.
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February 02, 2026
The mail carriers who accused the U.S. Postal Service of automatically deducting time for meal breaks they didn't take failed to show any connection to New Jersey beyond residence, a federal judge ruled, agreeing to toss their overtime case.
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February 02, 2026
The operator of a cemetery and funeral homes and a former employee reached a deal to end a lawsuit alleging that the employer paid her on a commission basis, leading to about $81,000 of unpaid overtime, according to a Florida federal magistrate judge's order approving the settlement.
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February 02, 2026
Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP has added the longtime leader of Paul Hastings LLP's New York employment law department and has bolstered its white collar bench by bringing in a veteran former assistant U.S. attorney.
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January 30, 2026
Uber Eats and two other food delivery platforms will pay more than $5 million in total to nearly 50,000 workers in New York City for violating the city's minimum wage requirements for delivery workers, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Friday.
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January 30, 2026
Instacart cannot pause New York City wage laws for some delivery workers while it appeals an order denying a bid to halt enforcement, the city told a federal court, arguing the company has not shown irreparable harm and is trying to roll back laws that are already in effect.
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January 30, 2026
A Washington state worker is targeting Topgolf over allegations of below-par compensation practices, according to a new proposed class action alleging break and overtime violations.
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January 30, 2026
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for Ninth Circuit oral arguments regarding whether the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act prevents Netflix from seeking to send sexual harassment claims to arbitration. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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January 30, 2026
A former Siemens Industry union electrician's change of heart on an $84,000 settlement to end her suit seeking unpaid wages cannot undo the deal, the First Circuit ruled, calling the former employee a "disgruntled" litigant.
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January 30, 2026
From the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on which evidence standard Fair Labor Standards Act exemption disputes require to a look at New York City's gig worker shakeup, catch up on Law360 Employment Authority's wage and hour stories from January.
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January 30, 2026
Employers should be extra careful about getting overtime compliance right and should communicate with workers, since confusion over a new federal tax deduction for overtime pay can trigger legal headaches, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores tips for following the new tax policy with potential wage implications.
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January 30, 2026
AstraZeneca won't have to face a former employee's lawsuit alleging the pharmaceutical giant fired him for taking medical leave to address his gastrointestinal illness, a Connecticut federal judge ruled, saying he failed to respond to discovery and motions and ignored court orders.
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January 30, 2026
This week, the Second Circuit will consider reviving a former Eastchester, New York, police officer's suit claiming he was suspended and later fired because of his national origin.
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January 29, 2026
A Frito-Lay Inc. employee launched a proposed class action in Washington state court, accusing the company of violating state labor law.
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January 29, 2026
A former worker asked the Eleventh Circuit Thursday to order a new trial in a suit accusing an Alabama steel mill of failing to fully compensate him for hours worked and overtime, arguing there was nothing to support the jury awarding him $0 in Fair Labor Standards Act damages.
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January 29, 2026
Security guards at private buildings in New York City will be entitled to the same minimum wage, paid time off and benefits received by security guards at public buildings under a new union-supported city law enacted Thursday.
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January 29, 2026
A Fourth Circuit panel misapplied Supreme Court precedent governing when employees are paid on a salary basis in finding that battalion chiefs for the Alexandria, Virginia, fire department qualified for an overtime exemption, the chiefs argued, urging the full appeals court to revisit a decision denying their bid to revive a wage suit.
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January 29, 2026
Walmart, a related entity and a collective of workers claiming they were misclassified as salaried employees exempt from overtime will head to settlement talks for the Fair Labor Standards Act suit, a Colorado federal judge said.
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January 29, 2026
A Colorado federal judge ordered a Texas attorney representing a company accused of luring temporary agricultural workers to the U.S. through false promises to explain why he shouldn't be sanctioned for missing a telephone discovery hearing.
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January 29, 2026
A Michigan law providing employees with earned sick time should stay in place because it has no impact on airlines' prices, routes or services, the state has argued, urging a federal court to turn down a national airline trade group's bid to halt the law.
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January 29, 2026
Casey's General Stores and managers reached a settlement in a collective action alleging the convenience store chain and two subsidiaries misclassified them as exempt from overtime pay, according to an Indiana federal judge's order.
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January 29, 2026
A Colorado mining company rounded employees' hours, forced them to work off the clock and failed to include bonuses in their overtime rates, according to a proposed collective action filed in federal court.
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January 28, 2026
TEKsystems Inc. engaged in misleading and coercive actions when it provided an arbitration pact to technology recruiters seeking unpaid overtime nearly two years after they lodged their suit, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday, affirming a California federal court decision.
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January 28, 2026
New Jersey suppliers can't rely on an exemption for the construction industry to avoid complying with the state's Earned Sick Leave Law, an appellate panel found Wednesday as a matter of first impression, finding the law only allows builders to claim the exemption to the law.
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January 28, 2026
A Sixth Circuit panel appeared unmoved Wednesday by Michigan Technological University's effort to undo a former professor's pregnancy bias win but also skeptical of resurrecting additional bias and pay disparity claims that had been trimmed from the case prior to trial.