December 13, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh in on whether per diem payments should count toward overtime pay, in a case involving traveling clinicians that has taken on greater significance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
November 16, 2021
A traveling nurse staffing firm pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether per diem payments are wages and should be included in overtime calculations, saying a Ninth Circuit ruling sent federal guidelines on allowances into a muddle.
November 03, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court doesn't need to step in to decide whether per diem payments are wages and should be included in overtime calculations, according to two nurses who said a Ninth Circuit ruling doesn't create any conflict the justices need to resolve.
October 19, 2021
A Ninth Circuit ruling that found per diem payments are wages and should be included in overtime calculation causes uncertainty and threatens employers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce told the U.S. Supreme Court, pushing for the decision's reversal.
September 14, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court should weigh in on whether employers must include per diem payments when calculating the regular rate for overtime pay, a legal nonprofit said in a friend-of-the-court brief, supporting a health care staffing company's bid to review a Ninth Circuit ruling.