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On September 16, 2022, employees Robert Emperor and Colt Monroe filed suit against their employer Cresco Labs, alleging that they were not paid for pre- and post-shift work. Specifically, Emperor and Monroe asserted that before clocking in, employees had to undergo a mandatory health screening, walk to shipping containers, and don PPE so they could report to their assigned area at their scheduled shift start time.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled in favor of home healthcare workers who alleged they had been underpaid due to falsified time records.The United States Department of Labor sued Kynd Hearts Home Healthcare LLC on behalf of its employees, alleging the company fabricated pay records and failed to consistently pay employees their overtime.

On November 30, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland entered an Order approving a $62,500 settlement between the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Jerry’s Chevrolet, Inc. and Jerry’s Motorcars, Inc., car dealerships in Baltimore, Maryland, in a lawsuit brought on behalf of a female dispatcher alleging violations of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

On October 5, 2022 the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California agreed that a lawsuit filed by an elder care worker could proceed as a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).

Two cannabis workers and a Maryland dispensary have agreed to a $45,000 settlement of the workers’ unpaid overtime lawsuit. Last Friday, the two parties asked a federal judge to approve the settlement, which would put an end to the workers’ claims of wage theft and discrimination.

Although cannabis is a Schedule I drug under federal law, multiple states have legalized it, either for medical or recreational use, or both. With the mid-term elections in November 2022, cannabis use for medical and recreational purposes has been decriminalized or legalized in twenty-one states and the District of Columbia.

On November 17, 2022, the Department of Labor announced that Krispy Kreme had agreed to pay nearly $1.2 million in back wages and liquidated damages to 516 workers to resolve claims for unpaid overtime. The claims were brought by Assistant Managers for whom Krispy Kreme had excluded monthly bonuses when calculating their overtime rate in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).

On Tuesday, November 22, 2022 the Texas Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s finding that association business leave (“ABL”) in the collective bargaining agreement between the Austin Fire Fighter Association, IAFF Local 975 and the City of Austin, is not gratuitous and serves a public purpose.

The CPPA establishes a right to truthful information about consumer goods and services in the District of Columbia and prohibits unfair and deceptive trade practices in connection with the sale of such goods and services. According to Racine, the defendants colluded to deceive Commanders fans about an investigation into toxic workplace culture to increase profits.

With bipartisan support, the Speak Out Act (S. 4525) is headed to President Biden’s desk for signature. The Act prohibits enforcement of nondisclosure or nondisparagement agreements in disputes relating to sexual harassment or sexual assault if the agreement was signed before the dispute arose.