June 21, 2022
An Eleventh Circuit ruling that for nearly a year seemed to make it easier to bounce transportation workers' workplace disputes to arbitration has been weakened by a new U.S. Supreme Court decision, observers told Law360.
December 22, 2021
In 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear several wage and hour cases that could reshape the Federal Arbitration Act's reach, while lower courts issued their own rulings on the out-of-court procedure. In light of the prominent role arbitration plays in wage and hour law, here are three developments over the last year that employment lawyers should keep an eye on.
August 19, 2021
The Eleventh Circuit has denied a Florida delivery driver's request to reconsider its ruling that local drivers of interstate commerce likely have to cross state lines themselves to be exempt under federal law from arbitration with employers.
July 21, 2021
Two legal nonprofits urged the full Eleventh Circuit to review a panel ruling that drivers who don't cross state lines are not engaged in interstate commerce, saying that delivering goods that have moved between states is enough to exempt drivers from arbitration.
July 13, 2021
A Florida delivery driver asked the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to reconsider its ruling that local drivers of interstate commerce likely have to cross state lines themselves to be exempt under federal law from arbitration with employers.
July 01, 2021
From class actions to independent contractor classification to arbitration carveouts and local sick leave ordinances in Texas, the first half of 2021 was a busy period for wage and hour litigation. Here, Law360 reviews five of the top rulings.
June 29, 2021
A recent Eleventh Circuit ruling that suggested the Federal Arbitration Act may not cover "last-mile" delivery drivers shows how challenging it is to identify the law's scope, employment lawyers say.
June 23, 2021
Local delivery drivers handling products from out of state are not necessarily safe from having to arbitrate under a carveout for interstate transportation workers, because the determination comes down to the workers, not the goods, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, reversing a lower court ruling.