News & Analysis as of

Class Certification Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Department of Labor (DOL)

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week At The Ninth: Class Representatives and Overtime

This week, the Ninth Circuit considers the adequacy of a class representative and addresses the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime exceptions. KIM v. TINDER, INC. The Court holds that a named plaintiff bound by an...more

DCI Consulting

[Webinar] Expert Summit for Employment Attorneys: NEW BONUS SESSION: Expert Testimony in Wage and Hour Litigation - March 2nd,...

DCI Consulting on

Federal and state wage and hour litigation has been an area of concentration for Industrial/Organizational Psychologists for decades. These cases address alleged discrimination in wage-based employment practices such as...more

Verrill

Are You Paying Attention to your Classifications?

Verrill on

DOL Scraps Trump-era Interpretative Letters and 60,000 U.K. Uber Drivers Entitled to Worker Benefits - It has been a big day for changes on the worker classification front. In the last 24 hours, Britain’s highest court...more

BakerHostetler

Florida District Court Denies Conditional Certification in ‘Tip Credit’ Case

BakerHostetler on

Tip credit issues are inherently difficult. Section 3(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act permits an employer to count tips toward a portion of a tipped employee’s wages to meet the minimum wage (and in some instances...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

It’s What I Said Before: DOL’s Opinion Reversal Does Not Sway Arkansas Federal Court

When the Department of Labor (DOL) withdraws one of its previous opinion letters and issues a new interpretation, should a court to change its ruling? No — not according to a federal judge in Arkansas....more

Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup: Spring 2019

Alston & Bird on

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our spring edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2019. There was a veritable traffic jam in the courts for the automotive industry. Manufacturers saw...more

Locke Lord LLP

November 2018 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update  

Locke Lord LLP on

While there were no headline-grabbing cases or developments in the area of independent contractor misclassification and compliance during the past month, the first four court decisions reported below provide the basis for two...more

Fisher Phillips

Web Exclusive - May 2018: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Fisher Phillips

June 2017: The Top 15 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While it always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, the last few months have seen an unprecedented number of changes. June 2017 was no different, with...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The U.S. Supreme Court And Workplace Class Actions

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: As profiled in our recent publication of the 13th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings have a profound impact on employers and the tools they may utilize to...more

Troutman Pepper

May 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

Troutman Pepper on

TELECOM SALES AND MARKETING AGENTS GAIN CERTIFICATION IN IC MISCLASSIFICATION CLASS ACTION. A New York federal district court grants conditional certification of a proposed FLSA nationwide collective action brought against...more

Troutman Pepper

March 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

Troutman Pepper on

The cases reported in this update continue to reflect the fact that IC misclassification cases cut across virtually all industries. Below are IC misclassification cases from such diverse industries as insurance, ride-sharing,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Second Circuit Court of Appeals Adopts “Primary Beneficiary Test” and Provides Guidance on the Unpaid Intern Question

On July 2, 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued significant pro-employer decisions in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures (Nos. 13-4478-cv, 13-4481-cv) (“Fox”) and Wang v. Hearst Corp. (No. 13-4480-cv) (“Hearst”)...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - July 2015 #2

DOL Proposes Major Overhaul of Overtime Rules: Why it matters - Expanding the scope of employees eligible for overtime, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited new rules revising the white collar...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Client Alert - Interns & Independent Contractors

Greenberg Glusker LLP on

Second Circuit Reverses Class Certification Ruling in Fox Searchlight Unpaid Intern Case, Directing Trial Court to View Economic Benefit Factors Through New Lens - A federal appellate court in New York handed an apparent...more

Littler

Second Circuit Announces New Test For Intern Claims and Puts the Brakes on Class and Collective Claims by Interns

Littler on

On July 2, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued two eagerly awaited decisions that may dampen the recent wave of collective and class actions filed by unpaid interns claiming they should be paid...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Second Circuit Deals a Blow to Unpaid Intern Classes

Ballard Spahr LLP on

In a pair of closely watched decisions, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal trial court decision that granted class and conditional collective action certification to claims brought by a former unpaid...more

NAVEX

The Case for Wage & Hour Training

NAVEX on

Employees today are 10 times more likely to file a wage-law class-action lawsuit than one based on discrimination or harassment. Effective wage-and hour training is an organization's best weapon in preventing and defending...more

Littler

New Seventh Circuit Decision May Pave the Way for More Stringent Certification Standards in FLSA Collective Actions

Littler on

In a decision that may significantly impact certification and decertification decisions in FLSA collective actions, a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decertification of a Rule 23 class and...more

19 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide