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Cannabis Grow Supplier Denied Summary Judgment
A Federal Judge denied GrowersHouseLLC, which supplies indoor gardening equipment, primarily to cannabis growers, motion for summary judgment and found there is a factual dispute over what those employees’ regular duties were and thus cannot determine if they were misclassified under the FLSA.
March 23, 2023
Recent GAO Report Shows That Pay Disparities Continue to Persist for Women in Various Industries
Earlier this month, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report analyzing women in the workforce, concluding that women remain underrepresented in management positions, but that the gender pay gap varies by industry and demographics.
March 21, 2023
Cannabis Product Coordinator Settles Case for Unpaid Overtime
On March 6, 2023, Peter Brutus settled a claim against his employer for alleged violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Brutus is a product coordinator for Trulieve, Inc., a multistate cannabis operator. Brutus alleged that while he regularly worked more than 40 hours per week, that he was not paid time-and-a-half for the overtime hours he worked.
March 16, 2023
Drivers for Cannabis Company FLSA Lawsuit Continues
A Federal District Judge denied the employer’ medical cannabis company motion to dismiss, and found that the former delivery drivers complaint, who claim the employer misclassified them as independent contractors and denied them overtime wages, can proceed.
March 15, 2023
Illinois Federal Court Allows SkyWest Flight Attendants’ Wage and Hour Lawsuit to Continue
On February 27, 2023, a federal court in Illinois allowed a class of current and former SkyWest Airlines, Inc. whose flight duties predominantly terminated at airports in California and Washington to pursue their challenge the company’s pay structure, defeating the Defendants’ second motion to dismiss.
March 02, 2023
United Airlines Pilots Reach $7.5M Settlement with Airline Over Deficient Paystubs
On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, a class of more than 1,900 United Airlines pilots asked a federal district court to approve a $7.5 million settlement to resolve a dispute over what the pilots allege was United Airlines’ failure to comply with California law dictating what kind of information must be included on a paystub.
February 28, 2023
HRA Workers Represented by MSE Sue Over Unpaid Overtime
On February 3rd, 2023, nearly 380 employees at the city Human Resources Administration filed a lawsuit earlier this month over unpaid overtime and are seeking back pay. These workers are represented by McGillivary Steele Elkin and Spivak Lipton.
February 27, 2023
NLRB Restores Rule That Severance Agreements May Not Require Employees to Waive Labor Law Rights
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision (McLaren Macomb and Local 40 RN Staff Council, OPEIU) restoring the Board’s longstanding rule that severance agreements that require workers to broadly waive their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) violate that law.
February 24, 2023
MTA Sued by Employee for ‘Unlawful’ Cannabis Test and Termination
An employee of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and the Long Island Rail Road sued his employer in federal court stating that he was wrongfully fired after an unlawful drug test found trace evidence of cannabis use. The employee alleges that the testing and subsequent firing was unconstitutional and violated the Fourth and Fourteenth amendment protections of due process rights and against illegal searches and seizures.
February 23, 2023
Supreme Court Upholds Salary Requirements for FLSA Overtime Exemption
On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. v. Hewitt, that to be exempt from the requirement of being paid overtime after working over 40 hours a week, an employer must pay an employee their full salary in any week in which they perform work.
February 22, 2023
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