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Unpaid Wages Coronavirus/COVID-19

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

$22 Million FLSA Verdict Illustrates the Significance of Brief Unpaid Work Tasks

On May 9, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) secured its largest Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) jury verdict in history, when a jury in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania awarded $22 million to a class of approximately...more

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[Webinar] Combatting the Rise in Wage & Hour and PAGA Litigation in the Healthcare Industry - October 7th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST

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Healthcare employers are not immune to the outbreak of wage and hour and PAGA claims that are plaguing California businesses. As healthcare is one of the largest and fastest-growing industries in the country, it places a...more

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[Webinar] Employment Law Compliance Strategies for Healthcare Industry: COVID, Internal Investigations, Wage & Hour & More -...

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CDF Labor Law has designed a series of complimentary webinars on employment-related topics specifically designed for our friends and colleagues in the healthcare industry. CDF’s Healthcare Education Week will run October 4-8,...more

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D.C.’s Displaced Workers Protection Act Expanded To Assist Employees Laid Off In COVID-19 Era

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Eligible workers in D.C. who have been displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic have the opportunity to be reinstated once their employer starts rehiring after the pandemic, according to a new law. The “Displaced Workers Right to...more

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Heat Check: Employee Temperature Screenings are Leading To COVID-19 Wage and Hour Lawsuits

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Standing in line waiting to have your temperature taken – at some point over the last year, most of us have had this experience. At youth sports games, at the gym, at daycare, and of course, at your place of employment. A...more

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Federal Court in New York Dismisses COVID-19 Workplace Safety Case

On November 1, 2020, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Palmer et al. v. Amazon.com Inc. et al., No. 20-cv-2468, 2020 WL 6388599, dismissed a lawsuit against Amazon alleging failures to...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Best in Law: Remote Working Laws for Calif. Employers

BB&K Attorneys Damian Moos and Kandice Kim Write About What Employers Should Know in the Southern Calif. Newspaper Group - In response to state and local COVID-19 stay at home orders, many California employers...more

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Top 5 Wage And Hour Tips For Reopening New Jersey Non-Essential Businesses

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After nearly three months of stay-at-home orders and the shutdown of non-essential retail businesses, New Jersey is slowly starting to reopen. Non-essential construction projects resumed, non-essential retail businesses have...more

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Employers Beware: COVID-19 Litigation May Spark Additional Claims

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As businesses across the country begin to face a wave of COVID-19-related workplace litigation, some are learning the hard lesson that some of these claims may also dredge up long-simmering employment conflicts unrelated to...more

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Litigation Seeking Unpaid Wages From Employers Impacted By COVID-19 Has Arrived

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COVID-19 has had the unprecedented impact of shuttering many businesses throughout the country and leading to record-high unemployment. For some businesses whose operations were hit particularly hard by the pandemic, meeting...more

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What Officers and Directors Need to Know about Personal Liability for Unpaid Wages

- Corporate officers and directors can be held personally liable for unpaid wages. - As companies and their officers and directors make difficult decisions to address the impact of COVID-19 on their workforce, they...more

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