The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum and Fara A. Cohen | September 8, 2021
This decision is the latest in a line of cases interpreting the PMWA more expansively than the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which already is leading to the filing of PMWA putative class action lawsuits.
By ALM Staff | September 2, 2021
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Carolyn H. Kendall, Andrea M. Kirshenbaum and Abraham J. Rein | August 20, 2021
Prosecutors have answered the call. Government wage-related enforcement—focused particularly on the construction industry—is gaining momentum, and the repercussions for construction companies' wage-and-hour compliance failures are only intensifying in both the civil and criminal realms.
By ALM Staff | August 13, 2021
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum and Angela H. Sanders | July 23, 2021
On June 23, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division published a notice of proposed rulemaking titled "Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Dual Jobs." The proposed rulemaking reinstates the department's longstanding 80/20 rule applicable to wages paid to tipped employees.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | July 21, 2021
The justices' answers to two questions certified from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit bode well for Amazon employees looking to be paid for the time they spend undergoing security screenings after their shifts.
By Charles Toutant | June 11, 2021
"They were under an incorrect assumption that at the end of the day, the judge would always approve their attorneys fees," said the defendant's lawyer, Heng Wang.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lee D. Moylan and Patrick McKnight | May 14, 2021
After over a year of COVID-19 restrictions and with more people getting vaccinated every day, Pennsylvania, according to many reports, plans to relax its COVID-19-related safety measures on businesses in time for Memorial Day. Thus, it seems employers finally may be on a path toward fully reopening.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum, Fara A. Cohen and Eve R. Keller | March 26, 2021
A little over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, progress in mass vaccination across the country has raised new hopes of a return to some semblance of normalcy, including in the workplace.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | February 22, 2021
Szwerc argued Pennsylvania's Wage Payment and Collection Law imposed no time limit on an employee judgment winner's request for attorney fees and costs, according to Superior Court Judge Megan McCarthy King's opinion.
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