Two days before the United States Supreme Court ruled in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, that the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) transportation worker exemption (meaning the FAA would not apply) extends beyond...more
4/24/2024
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Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Goods or Services
Last week, President Biden marked his 100th day in office. This Lightbulb illuminates some of the more important developments affecting wage and hour law taken during the first 100 days of the Biden administration....more
5/4/2021
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Labor Regulations ,
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Minimum Wage ,
Wage and Hour
It has been just one month since the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the United States, and he has been moving quickly to change the wage and hour landscape. This Lightbulb illuminates some of the more...more
2/22/2021
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Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Reform ,
Minimum Wage ,
Opinion Letter ,
Payroll Audit Independent Determination program (PAID) ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued revised regulations under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) following a federal court’s decision that invalidated a handful of regulatory...more
9/14/2020
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Corporate Counsel ,
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Documentation ,
EFMLA ,
EPSLA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Labor Regulations ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Relief Measures ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay
On August 3, 2020, in response to a legal challenge by the state of New York, a New York federal district judge struck down portions of a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) final rule providing guidance on interpretations of the...more
In one of the most significant Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) appellate decisions in recent years, on February 21, 2019, a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously held that “district courts may...more
2/27/2019
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Collective Actions ,
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Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Notice Requirements ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Wage and Hour
On April 15, 2014, in Wang v. Chinese Daily News, Inc., a California federal district court re-certified a Rule 23(b)(3) California state law wage and hour action involving a class of 200 non-exempt employees who alleged...more
On Monday, January 27, 2014, in unanimously affirming the Seventh Circuit’s judgment in favor of U.S. Steel Corporation in Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp., the Supreme Court forged a middle ground on the meaning of the...more
On Monday, November 4, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp. on the issue of the meaning of the term "clothes" in section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the FLSA,...more