New York Law Journal | Commentary|Expert Opinion
By Adam L. Browser and Brian Passarelle | March 30, 2023
This relatively unknown New York City law provides protections for freelance workers and imposes harsh penalties for those businesses that fail to comply with the Act's requirements. If your clients hire freelance workers, you should be aware of the Act and its requirements.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum | March 27, 2023
The meaning of this phrase and the nature and extent of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) authority to "define and delimit" the so called "white collar" or "EAP" exemption recently has been called into question by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's dissenting opinion (which was joined by Justice Samuel Alito) in Helix Energy Solutions Group v. Hewitt.
By Mason Lawlor | March 20, 2023
Amazon employees were unable to find success on appeal for claims that they were not compensated for time spent in the company's security screenings, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the screenings were not "integral and indispensable" to the employees' principal work activities.
By Cheryl Miller | March 17, 2023
The unanimous three-judge panel said Uber and Postmates made a viable argument that legislatively provided exemptions to California's worker classification law "were the result of 'lobbying' and 'backroom dealing' as opposed to adherence to the stated purpose of the legislation."
By Adolfo Pesquera | March 13, 2023
"This decision will help other business owners in the oil and gas industry, as it shows the salary-plus-bonus pay structure is permissible," said Flowco CEO Charles Jones.
By Amanda E. Brown and Joseph J. Mammone Jr. | March 10, 2023
While Texas has not passed any pay transparency legislation, employers may still be subject to other jurisdictions' laws.
By Jennifer L. Anderson, Zachary B. Busey and Mary Gentry | March 7, 2023
Michael Hewitt was a toolpusher supervising 12 to 14 other employees who was paid a daily rate with no overtime.
By Colleen Murphy | March 1, 2023
"The legislature, however, did not tether Chapter 212's remedies to the accrual date of an employee's claim," stated Judge Carmen Messano. "It only prohibited an employee from recovering damages for wages due more than six years prior to the 'commencement' of the action, specifically the filing of a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction."
By Cheryl Miller | February 27, 2023
To accept the argument that plaintiffs can't enforce California's sick-pay law through PAGA "is to believe the Legislature intended the Act to be nothing more than statutory cotton candy—something that looks nice but has no substance," Associate Justice William Dato of the Fourth District's Division One wrote.
By Colleen Murphy | February 13, 2023
A Massachusetts federal judge has agreed to dismiss Pfizer and the plaintiff's former attorneys in the matter of a former Wyeth Pharmaceuticals employee who alleged his legal team misled him at various points during a wage-and-hour suit against his employer.
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