The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Patricia Collins | October 18, 2019
Pennsylvania has not issued a final rule regarding its proposed rulemaking that would dramatically increase salary requirements and revise the duties test for exempt employees.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jeffrey Campolongo | September 19, 2019
In yet another victory for workers who have been misclassified as independent contractors, an appellate court recently affirmed a multimillion-dollar verdict for a class of exotic dancers.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 26, 2019
A district judge in Pennsylvania has approved a $1.1 million settlement resolving a class of customer service representatives' claims against their health care company employer over allegations of unpaid overtime and back wages.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Jack Craver | August 9, 2019
In November 2016 a federal judge agreed that the Obama salary threshold proposal was an overreach. Now states are taking up the issue themselves.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christian Petrucci | August 1, 2019
Given the significance of the court's holding on the average weekly wage issue, reviewing the case again in light of the average weekly wage issue is warranted.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert Pratter and Silvio Trentalange | May 29, 2019
The court failed to elucidate what “clearly” really means. Nevertheless, consumers and employees subject to arbitration agreements must now utilize other measures to pursue effective relief in arbitration against powerful economic entities.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | April 10, 2019
The case stems from a dispute over whether Pennsylvania's Minimum Wage Act allows an employer to pay a salaried employee half of their regular rate for every hour worked over 40 in a given week, rather than one-and-a-half times their regular salary for each overtime hour.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum and Kayleen Egan | March 21, 2019
After much anticipation, on March 7, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its notice of proposed rulemaking, proposing to update, among other things, the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) salary level for the executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer exempt employees from $455 to $679 per week.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ashleigh Quinn Gallagher | March 21, 2019
Changes in Social Security disability rules and regulations have trended toward making it more difficult for attorneys representing claimants to manage cases, evaluate the potential case strength of claims and withdraw from cases in which the claimants are not cooperating or have disappeared.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Patricia C. Collins | February 25, 2019
A recent case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit demonstrates the ongoing struggle to apply the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to the “side gigs” that have come to signify the modern employment market.
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