A California fast-food industry bill at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk and poised to replace a 2022 law would establish a standards council and increase the minimum wage for workers, while letting companies avoid liability for franchisees’ violations. Here, Law360 explores what each side gave up to reach a deal.
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su can serve without the time limit typically imposed by a vacancies law, even though she is also the labor secretary nominee, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a decision Thursday — a potential setback for Republicans who had raised the issue.
An unusual case before the Seventh Circuit raises essential questions about the interplay of state and federal arbitration laws in the contemporary arbitration-friendly court landscape, attorneys say.
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A California fast-food industry bill at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk and poised to replace a 2022 law would establish a standards council and increase the minimum wage for workers, while letting companies avoid liability for franchisees’ violations. Here, Law360 explores what each side gave up to reach a deal.
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su can serve without the time limit typically imposed by a vacancies law, even though she is also the labor secretary nominee, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a decision Thursday — a potential setback for Republicans who had raised the issue.
An unusual case before the Seventh Circuit raises essential questions about the interplay of state and federal arbitration laws in the contemporary arbitration-friendly court landscape, attorneys say.
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September 22, 2023
The Ninth Circuit on Friday held that Hyatt Corp. was indeed required to immediately pay its employees their accrued vacation pay when it laid them off during the COVID-19 pandemic, partly resurrecting a proposed class action brought by former Hyatt employees in California.
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September 22, 2023
An Alameda County Superior Court judge indicated he'll give final approval to a $36 million global settlement against Equinox, resolving California state and federal actions alleging the company compelled over 15,000 employees to perform pre-shift work without pay and to skip meal breaks.
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September 22, 2023
A telemarketing firm required a pair of call center workers to put in significant pre-, mid- and post-shift work without pay in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Illinois state law, according to a proposed class and collective action filed Friday in New Jersey federal court.
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September 22, 2023
A New York federal judge on Friday gave the first green light to an $8.7 million settlement between New York Police Department officers and TD Bank to resolve claims that the bank stiffed the officers for security work performed during their off-duty hours.
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September 22, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor and the Federal Trade Commission have jointly pledged to share information about potential labor and competition law violations and collaborate on efforts to combat anti-competitive and anti-worker business practices.
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September 22, 2023
A former worker won his third attempt at sanctioning the towing company he accused of cheating him out of minimum wage and overtime, after a New York federal judge said the company repeatedly failed to turn over timesheets and payroll records.
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September 22, 2023
Health groups, scientists, a labor union, small businesses and environmentalists are urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to strike down a nearly 40-year-old precedent that allows judges to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of law in rulemaking disputes, arguing it's a valuable and reliable tool in administrative law cases.
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September 22, 2023
The operators of a New York golf course urged a federal court to toss caddies' claims for unpaid minimum wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, arguing that caddies are not employees and that they earned well over the federal minimum via tips from golfers.
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September 22, 2023
A medical staffing company owes about $181,000 for misclassifying 70 nurses as independent contractors and denying them overtime pay, the U.S. Department of Labor said in a complaint filed in Michigan federal court Friday.
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September 22, 2023
Attorneys from Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC are seeking more than $125,000 in fees and expenses for more than 150 hours of representation for a class of rehab facility workers who claimed they were underpaid for overtime when their company's timekeeping system was hacked.
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September 22, 2023
A First Circuit judge said Thursday that Puerto Rico's concerns about the "democratically abhorrent" situation created by the fiscal oversight board's control of the territory's lawmaking abilities is a matter for Congress, not the courts.
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September 22, 2023
A former Bloomberg LP human resources employee told a New York federal court that the more than $11,000 deal she is expected to receive from the company to settle her overtime suit matches the percentage of recovery of other settlements already approved.
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September 22, 2023
A New York federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in a hospital's attempt to toss a former resident's lawsuit claiming the hospital discriminated against him based on his ADHD diagnosis, culminating in his firing. Here, Law360 explores this and other major labor and employment cases on the docket in New York.
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September 22, 2023
Two CBD companies say they plan to appeal a Second Circuit decision to revive a racketeering suit from a commercial truck driver who alleged he lost his job after consuming products containing detectable amounts of THC.
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September 22, 2023
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a potential ruling on whether flight attendants in a long-running wage case against Delta Air Lines Inc. can proceed as a class, and whether Delta can add a counterclaim. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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September 21, 2023
An employer that partially defeated an ex-employee's wage dispute may not compel the worker to pay its attorney fees, a California appeals court ruled, saying the employer could only seek recovery of fees related to time spent assembling proof of its lack of liability.
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September 21, 2023
A nonunionized worker's suit claiming he wasn't paid for time spent putting on and taking off gear should remain in court, a California state appeals court ruled, denying a shipbuilding company's request to make the worker arbitrate his proposed class claims.
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September 21, 2023
A Frito-Lay employee has settled his lawsuit claiming his pay was affected by a ransomware attack on the company's timekeeping system, according to a joint notice of settlement filed in Arkansas federal court Thursday.
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September 21, 2023
Four contractors in Oregon and Washington working on federally funded projects paid about $947,0000 to 213 workers who were denied their full wages and benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday.
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September 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor had the authority to raise the salary threshold to determine workers' overtime eligibility for a federal exemption, a Texas federal judge ruled, saying Congress did not limit the agency's ability to do so.
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September 21, 2023
A collective of former and current paralegals reached an undisclosed settlement with Dallas personal injury firm Kelley Law Firm PC during a second settlement conference in Texas federal court, putting to rest litigation accusing the firm of failing to pay them overtime wages.
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September 21, 2023
Tufts Medical Center failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to a nurse whose chronic illnesses left her unable to work overtime or night shifts, a divided Massachusetts Appeals Court said on Thursday, affirming previous findings by the state's Commission Against Discrimination and a state court justice.
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September 21, 2023
A group of delivery workers cannot escape an arbitrator's ruling that their bid to collect allegedly withheld wages under the New York Labor Law is untimely, a federal judge ruled, finding they could not demonstrate how the arbitrator abused his authority.
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September 21, 2023
A United Airlines lawsuit claiming that federal laws preempted a 2020 Colorado law mandating paid sick leave for workers seemingly came to an end when the airline voluntarily dropped it.
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September 21, 2023
A Connecticut federal judge handed Amazon a summary judgment win Wednesday in a proposed class action alleging the e-commerce giant failed to pay fulfillment-center workers for time they spent undergoing anti-theft security screenings, finding that a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case bars the workers from any recovery.