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Unclean Hands Unpaid Overtime

Foley & Lardner LLP

I Falsified My Time Records … But I’m Still Suing You for Overtime

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Employers sometimes rely on equitable arguments, such as “unclean hands” (which asserts that it would not be fair to hold an employer liable when the employee’s actions caused or contributed to his own injury or damages). But...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Supervisor’s Knowledge of Unreported Overtime May Lead to Liability Under the FLSA

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay nonexempt employees at least one-and-one-half times the employees’ regular hourly wage for every hour worked in excess of 40 hours in one week. Courts regularly...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Equitable Defenses Do Not Apply to FLSA Overtime Claim

Defendants sometimes assert “equitable” defenses to legal claims brought against them. In some situations, courts have the discretion to bar claims by plaintiffs whose “unclean hands” or other actions make recovery manifestly...more

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