The 2025 New York State budget includes a provision that reduces the potential damages available to plaintiffs for violation of the weekly pay requirement of the New York Labor Law....more
5/12/2025
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Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Supreme Court held that amendments to New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Law and Wage Payment Law that increase employer wage-hour liability are not retroactive....more
5/31/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Reform ,
New Jersey ,
NJ Supreme Court ,
Retroactive Application ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
Wages
Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule, attempting to define employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (the “Final Rule”). The Final...more
1/10/2024
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Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Over-Time ,
Wage and Hour