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Applying the NLRB’s Wright Line test, the Court upheld the Board’s conclusion that the employee’s protest of the overtime policy was protected activity, that the company knew about the activity, and that the employee demonstrated a causal link between his protest and his termination.

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On August 8, 2022, a judge in the Western District of Pennsylvania found that Elder Resource Management Inc. and Staff Source Inc. jointly and willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay home healthcare workers overtime pay.

On August 2, 2022, tipped-wage pizza delivery drivers in Ohio sued their employer, Marco’s Pizza, on behalf of a putative class of over 100 workers for minimum wage and overtime violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Ohio law.

Rosen Hotels and Resorts Inc. has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle Worker Adjudgment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act claims brought by former employees who were laid off during early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In January of 2019, a federal court in Kentucky consolidated three cases filed against Papa John’s, alleging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Papa John’s franchises are independently owned and operated, but Papa John’s International, Inc. enters into a standard franchising agreement with each new franchise owner.

The Department of Justice announced settlement of a high-profile False Claims Act lawsuit against Aerojet Rocketdyne. The lawsuit, filed by former employee Brian Markus, alleged the company misled the federal government about its efforts to safeguard controlled unclassified information from cybersecurity threats.

On June 28, 2022, Rhode Island passed new legislation to protect tipped employees. The tip protection statute prohibits employers of tipped workers from retaining employee tips, creates new requirements for tip pools, and sets deduction requirements for credit card processing fees.

On June 23, 2022, the Governor of Hawaii signed legislation making Hawaii the first state to increase its minimum wage to $18.00 per hour. The minimum wage will increase gradually from $10.10 to $12.00 on October 1, 2022, and it will increase $2.00 per hour every other January before reaching $18.00 per hour on January 1, 2028.

The Third Circuit enjoined a Pittsburgh-area transit authority’s ban on workers wearing face masks with political messages, including “Black Lives Matter” masks.