Wage and Hour, Statutory Interpretation, Labor Law Violations

New York Sharply Curtails Damages for Weekly Pay Violations

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/12/2025

The 2025 New York State budget includes a provision that reduces the potential damages available to plaintiffs for violation of the weekly pay requirement of the New York Labor Law....more

Federal Appeals Court Narrows Labor Board’s Ability to Award Money to Workers

Fisher Phillips on 12/31/2024

A federal appeals court just clipped the wings of the National Labor Relations Board by limiting its authority to impose monetary remedies against employers. In a significant decision that could soon reverberate around the...more

New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies that Amendments to Wage Payment Law and Wage and Hour Law Are Prospective

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/31/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Supreme Court held that amendments to New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Law and Wage Payment Law that increase employer wage-hour liability are not retroactive....more

Massachusetts SJC Upends Existing Law, Requires Treble Damages on Late-Paid Wages

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/8/2022

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on April 4, 2022, handed down a decision with major implications for Massachusetts employers accused of wage-and-hour law violations or late payment of wages. In Reuter v. City...more

9th Circuit Confirms Limited Application of Heightened Penalties for “Subsequent” Labor Code Violations

CDF Labor Law LLP on 2/25/2021

On February 23, 2021, a unanimous Ninth Circuit panel held in the decision of Bernstein v. Virgin America Inc. (Case No. 19-15382) that employers are not subject to heightened penalties for subsequent violations under the...more

Oregon Supreme Court Limits Employers’ Tools for Avoiding Excessive Attorney Fees for Minor Pay Violations

Littler on 1/13/2021

On December 31, 2020, the Oregon Supreme Court reversed the Oregon Court of Appeals’ decision in Mathis v. St. Helens Auto Center, Inc. and concluded that the “reasonable” attorney fee award permitted under ORS 652.200 cannot...more