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MSE Partners Educate Other Lawyers on Discovery, Wage & Hour Issues

MSE Partner David Ricksecker speaks at Current Developments in Employment Law seminar on July 26, 2024.

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Stagnant Wages Hamper DOL’s Efforts to Combat Wage Theft

A stagnant minimum wage widens the gap between the rich and the poor, and causes many workers to fall further behind and rely on government programs to make ends meet.

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Supreme Court to Decide Federal Employee’s Right to Differential Pay During Military Service

On June 24, 2024, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review the claims of a Coast Guard reservist seeking differential pay to make up the difference between his civilian employee pay and the lower pay he received while called up to Coast Guard service.

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St. Louis Heavy Equipment Operators Survive Motion to Dismiss in Overtime Lawsuit

A group of Heavy Equipment Operators who man garbage trucks recently sued the City of St. Louis alleging, in part, that they are entitled to overtime compensation for all their time worked over 40 hours in a workweek.

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Judge Declines to Certify Nationwide Collective Action in Cannabis Dispensary Tip Theft Case

Employees of Curaleaf alleged that their managers stole their tips.

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Texas Supreme Court Rules that Including Union Business Leave in Collective Bargaining Agreements is Legal

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the trial verdict in the case of Borgelt v. City of Austin et al., siding with the Austin Firefighters Association.

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State and Local – but Not Federal – Minimum Wages Increase Effective July 1, 2024

Oregon, Nevada, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, along with local jurisdictions across the country, increased the minimum wages effective July 1, 2024.