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Coming or Going? Employer Training Draws Focus of Federal Regulators

The Clash famously asked “Should I stay, or should I go?” on their 1982 album, Combat Rock, and with recent attacks on non-competes at both the state and federal level, some employers are imposing additional costs on...more

Utah Expands Tip Pooling to Include Non-Tipped Employees

On March 23, 2023, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law Senate Bill 73 (“SB 73”) expanding the group of employees eligible for tip pooling by allowing employers to include non-tipped employees in a bona fide tip pooling...more

Fifth Circuit Rejects Two-Step Approach for Certifying FLSA Collective Actions

In a provocative decision in the case known as Swales v. KLLM Transport Servs., L.L.C., No. 19-60847 (5th Cir. 2021), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit broke from the pack by upending the standard two-step...more

New State and Local Minimum Wage Increases Have Taken Effect Throughout the Country

With the start of the New Year, new state and local minimum wage increases have gone into effect for non-exempt employees across the country. ...more

Hospitality Employers Take Note: Numerous Local Increases to the Minimum Wage Take Effect Now

…With the start of the New Year, employers in the hospitality sector should prepare for new state- and local- minimum wage increases for their non-exempt employees. To help multi-jurisdictional employers easily navigate...more

U.S. DOL Announces Proposed New Rule on Tip Credits and Pooling

Rules relating to tip credit and pooling have resulted in significant debate among legislators, regulators, and the courts, leading to confusion, further litigation, and, in many cases, substantial liability or settlements...more

Recent Appellate Decision May Make New York Employers Vulnerable to Liquidated Damages for Violating New York’s “Frequency of Pay”...

On September 10, 2019, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court for the First Department ruled in Vega v. CM & Associates Construction Management, LLC that “manual workers” who receive full pay but are paid “late”...more

New York’s Salary Threshold for Exemption Will Increase on December 31, 2018

Effective December 31, 2018, New York State’s salary basis threshold for exempt executive and administrative employees will increase again, as a part of amendments to the minimum wage orders put in place in 2016. Employers...more

New York State Department of Labor Proposes New Salary Basis Thresholds for Exempt Employees

On October 19, 2016, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) announced proposed amendments to the state’s minimum wage orders (“Proposed Amendments”) to increase the salary basis threshold for executive and...more

Five Critical Wage and Hour Issues Impacting Employers

It is no secret that the wage and hour requirements found in the myriad of federal, state, and local laws and regulations present unique challenges to employers across the country. Those challenges are further complicated by...more

New York Tip Law Update: Subminimum Wage for Tipped Employees Will Increase to $7.50 per Hour on December 31, 2015

On February 24, 2015, New York State Acting Commissioner of Labor Mario J. Musolino issued an order (“Order”) increasing the subminimum cash wage for all tipped workers in the hospitality industry from the current $5.00...more

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