Wage and Hour, Unpaid Overtime, Unfair Labor Practices

Common Employment Law Mistakes and Oversights You Need to Know About: Read This List to Help Avoid Litigation and Liability!

Ice Miller on 5/14/2025

Ignorantia legis neminem excusat. That is, “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Under this principle, those to whom the law applies are presumed to know the law and will be held accountable for violating it....more

What a Fool Believes? These Non-Fake Employment News Stories

Littler on 3/30/2018

Over the last few months, many employees have sounded the alarm about sexual harassment (not funny). One issued a false alarm about an impending nuclear disaster (also not terribly funny). Sometimes Human Resources...more

Battle of the Experts on Class Certification: A Win for Employers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/10/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Court of Appeal affirmed a denial of class certification on the ground that the plaintiff’s expert report failed to establish claims could be determined on common evidence. The ruling...more

August 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/9/2016

This month’s news update includes three initiatives by the U.S. Department of Labor to combat IC misclassification. The first was the issuance of a new page on the DOL website called “Misclassification Mythbusters.” We...more

What Employers Must Know About Wage and Hour Law

Carlton Fields on 10/6/2015

This year, according to a recent Syracuse University study, federal courts are on track to handle a record number of wage-and-hour lawsuits stemming from violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which establishes...more

California Court of Appeal Refuses to Enforce Forum Selection Clause Because Employer Would Not Stipulate to Apply California Law...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/17/2015

In Verdugo v. Alliantgroup, L.P., the California Court of Appeal held that a forum selection clause in an employment agreement was unenforceable because the employer could not prove that the employee’s rights under the...more