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Unpaid Overtime Wages Misclassification

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Virginia Passes Overtime Wage Act

On March 20, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Overtime Wage Act into law. Beginning on July 1, 2021, the Virginia Overtime Wage Act (“VOWA”) will go into effect resulting in new overtime rules far broader...more

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New Uber Ruling Reveals Another Costly IC Misclassification Exposure for On-Demand Companies

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Gig economy companies based on an independent contractor model beware. On December 14, 2016, a federal court in Pennsylvania denied a motion to dismiss an “on-call” wage claim in a class action lawsuit filed against Uber by...more

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Federal Wage Claims? That's The Easy Part!

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Retailers are all too familiar with collective actions filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) making claims for unpaid overtime based on alleged misclassification of employees as exempt, working off the clock, or not...more

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$4.5 million wage settlement for Pa. and WVa. workers in oil and natural gas industry

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On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it has reached agreement with numerous employers in the oil and natural gas industry in Pennsylvania and West Virginia to provide 5,310 workers...more

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How To Calculate Unpaid Overtime, The Sequel: Fifth Circuit Rejects FWW Method In Misclassification Cases

In Black v. SettlePou P.C., the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court’s ruling concerning the proper methodology for calculating damages when an employee is misclassified as exempt. In so doing, the Fifth...more

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