Since the Eleventh Circuit decided Lynn’s Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350 (11th Cir. 1982), the prevailing view has been that parties to individual lawsuits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) must...more
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and some state wage laws contain provisions that impose criminal penalties on violators. These provisions, once rarely used, are taking on new life as government officials have...more
5/7/2021
/ Construction Project ,
Construction Workers ,
Contractors ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Reform ,
Misclassification ,
Prevailing Wages ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
In Reinig v. RBS Citizens, N.A., a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned a district court’s decision certifying a class of mortgage loan officers (“MLOs”) who claimed they were...more
1/23/2019
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
FRCP 23 ,
Mortgage Loan Officer ,
Off-The-Clock ,
Over-Time ,
Reversal ,
Wage and Hour
On November 4, 2016, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law a bill that brings the Commonwealth’s law regarding payroll debit cards into the 21st century. The new legislation amends Pennsylvania’s Banking Code, and...more