A recent Third Circuit opinion on the compensability of travel time between worksites serves as a good reminder for employers to review their workers’ travel practices. Here, Law360 offers three tips on how to determine whether travel time should be paid.
The city of Long Beach, California, could be required to foot the bill for arbitration awards rendered against an oil company subcontractor in workers' wage lawsuits, a state appellate panel ruled, saying an arbitration decision holds as much weight as any other court order and can trigger liability for indemnity.
Arbitration scholar Imre Szalai says the Federal Arbitration Act of today has strayed from its purpose when it was enacted 100 years ago. Here, Law360 speaks with the law professor about how the FAA has evolved and what it means for workers' rights.
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A recent Third Circuit opinion on the compensability of travel time between worksites serves as a good reminder for employers to review their workers’ travel practices. Here, Law360 offers three tips on how to determine whether travel time should be paid.
The city of Long Beach, California, could be required to foot the bill for arbitration awards rendered against an oil company subcontractor in workers' wage lawsuits, a state appellate panel ruled, saying an arbitration decision holds as much weight as any other court order and can trigger liability for indemnity.
Arbitration scholar Imre Szalai says the Federal Arbitration Act of today has strayed from its purpose when it was enacted 100 years ago. Here, Law360 speaks with the law professor about how the FAA has evolved and what it means for workers' rights.
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February 05, 2025
A Maryland federal judge greenlighted a collective of servers and bartenders in their lawsuit accusing a Creole restaurant of unlawfully claiming a tip credit to pay workers lower wages but then withholding some of their tips, finding the workers to be sufficiently similar.
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February 04, 2025
Amazon is asking a Washington federal judge to oust nearly a dozen plaintiffs from a collective action accusing the e-commerce giant of misclassifying Amazon Flex delivery drivers as independent contractors, claiming the individuals failed to comply with a court-ordered discovery deadline last month.
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February 04, 2025
The First Circuit on Tuesday questioned an au pair placement agency's assertion that it is still entitled to force wage violation claims into arbitration in Switzerland despite more than four years of U.S. litigation and one prior trip to the appellate court.
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February 04, 2025
The Fifth Circuit upended on Tuesday a ruling that blocked an executive order increasing the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 per hour, saying former President Joe Biden acted within his authority when he put forward the regulation because it was intended to promote economy and efficiency.
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February 04, 2025
Southwest Airlines only compensated flight attendants for the time between a plane's departure from its gate and arrival at its destination, disregarding the work they performed outside that time frame, according to a proposed class action the company removed to Colorado federal court.
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February 04, 2025
A Third Circuit panel disregarded U.S. Supreme Court precedent when affirming a $22 million verdict for Pennsylvania battery manufacturer workers in a suit over time spent donning and doffing gear before and after shifts, the company said, urging the full appeals court to step in.
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February 04, 2025
An Allegheny County contractor will pay $144,000 to settle claims from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry that it had misclassified nearly 200 workers, the department announced Monday.
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February 04, 2025
An insurer told a Washington federal court that it owes limited coverage to two McDonald's franchisees it insures in suits accusing them of illegally withholding specific pay figures in job postings.
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February 04, 2025
A former stagehand is suing the entertainment companies behind Coachella and many sporting events in California state court, saying she and other hourly workers are required to drive as much as three hours away from their homes for work without any compensation.
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February 04, 2025
President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped a top aide to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's acting head for the role of the agency's acting general counsel, elevating an attorney who formerly worked for Paul Hastings LLP and Littler Mendelson PC.
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February 04, 2025
Quest Diagnostics reached a $25,000 deal to resolve a former call center agent's suit alleging she was stiffed on wages for the time she spent booting up her computer and shutting down the programs after work, a filing in New Jersey federal court said.
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February 03, 2025
The University of Alabama at Birmingham can't escape a former researcher's lawsuit claiming she was disciplined for not working while on leave to care for her daughter in the Marines Corps, the Eleventh Circuit said Monday, ruling states don't have sovereign immunity to military-related provisions of federal family leave law.
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February 03, 2025
The Yale New Haven Health System systematically modified and rounded workers' time sheets, leading to unpaid wages, according to a proposed class and collective action filed Monday in Connecticut federal court.
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February 03, 2025
Top Senate Democrats on Monday railed against access granted to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency that allowed the outfit's employees to tap into the U.S. Department of Treasury's federal payment system over the weekend.
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February 03, 2025
A former Geico call center worker asked a Georgia federal judge Friday to certify a proposed class of more than 1,000 sales representatives who say the insurance company required them to do unpaid work before and after their shifts, as well as on their lunch breaks.
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February 03, 2025
A New York federal judge recommended on Monday greenlighting class treatment for more than 9,000 military reservists who accused Amazon of failing to fully provide paid leave for employees on active duty, saying the workers have shown the employment policies at issue apply to all of them.
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February 03, 2025
The NCAA and a group of Division I volunteer baseball coaches have reached a settlement "in principle" to end a proposed antitrust class action that challenged the organization's since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw that prevented volunteer coaches from getting compensated market value for their services.
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February 03, 2025
Emergency medical services workers told a North Carolina federal court that it's incorrectly examining their unpaid wage claims through an hourly pay legal standard instead of recognizing that they were paid on a salary basis, and the court should revisit their summary judgment motion.
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February 03, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge said Drexel University owes a philosophy professor $350,000 in damages after a jury found she was willfully paid less than male colleagues out of bias, rejecting the university's position that the award should be reduced because it did not deliberately violate equal pay laws.
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February 03, 2025
Former acting Labor Secretary Julie Su will join the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics as a spring 2025 fellow, the university announced.
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February 03, 2025
A New York-based home care company will pay nearly $2.6 million to end a U.S. Department of Labor suit alleging it failed to pay domestic service employees their proper overtime rates, according to a federal court filing.
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February 03, 2025
A former Cushman & Wakefield employee can proceed with claims that the real estate services firm flouted New York's pay deadlines, a federal judge ruled, saying the worker has the right to pursue those allegations under state law.
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January 31, 2025
A former pipeline inspector for energy industry service provider Killick Group has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fifth Circuit decision classifying him as an independent contractor not eligible for overtime, saying Friday the high court should resolve a circuit split on the factors determining employee status.
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January 31, 2025
A California state judge said Friday that he probably won't sanction SpaceX for supposedly missing a deadline to pay an arbitration retainer tied to a proposed class action accusing Elon Musk's aerospace company of underpaying women and minorities.
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January 31, 2025
President Donald Trump’s push to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion programs included an executive order that experts say contains evidence that the False Claims Act will be used against employers that don’t come to heel. Here's a look at three things employers should be aware of.