By a unanimous 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday declined to extend California’s wage-and-hour laws to employees working on offshore drilling platforms subject to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (Parker...more
6/11/2019
/ Appeals ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Enclave Rules ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Offshore Drilling ,
On-Call Employees ,
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ,
Parker Drilling Management Services Ltd v Newton ,
Preemption ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
The gig economy just got a strong ally in its fight to remain union-free: the federal government. The latest development in the ongoing saga involving an attempt to put into place the nation’s first unionization law that...more
11/17/2017
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Appeals ,
Chamber of Commerce ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Local Ordinance ,
Oral Argument ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Price-Fixing ,
Ridesharing ,
State Action Doctrine ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
A recent federal court decision may bring about a new wave of overtime claims by offshore workers, particularly those working within the territorial waters of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas (Halle v. Galliano Marine...more
5/5/2017
/ Appeals ,
Collective Actions ,
Dismissals ,
Exemptions ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Jones Act ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Reversal ,
Seamen ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Vessels ,
Wage and Hour