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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.
July 15, 2024
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.
July 12, 2024
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.
July 08, 2024
Judge Declines to Certify Nationwide Collective Action in Cannabis Dispensary Tip Theft Case
Employees of Curaleaf alleged that their managers stole their tips.
July 05, 2024
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.
July 02, 2024
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.
July 01, 2024
Overtime Pay Lawsuit: Cash Payments for Opting Out of Health Insurance Counts for Overtime
Court finds cash payments for opting out of health insurance must be included in overtime, thereby increasing the rate at which overtime is paid.
June 14, 2024
Overtime Lawsuit Settlement | Home Care Agency Settles Employees’ Overtime Claims for $1.8 Million
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a final order approving the settlement of claims filed by employees who alleged that their employer had an unwritten policy forcing them to under-report their work hours.
June 12, 2024
Fair Work, Fair Wages | Why Job Opportunity Specialists Are Pushing For Unpaid Overtime Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
Job Opportunity Specialists filed a complaint against NYC claiming that they are not being paid time-and-a-half overtime for their overtime hours.
May 09, 2024
Federal Court Preliminary Approves Class Action Settlement in Tip Pool Lawsuit Brought by Schwazze Budtenders in New Mexico and Colorado
On April 1, 2024, a federal district court in New Mexico preliminary approved a class action settlement on behalf of approximately 250 budtenders employed by Medicine Man Technologies Inc. (doing business as Schwazze) in New Mexico and Colorado. The settlement provides the budtenders in the Settlement Class with a total of $525,000 to resolve their claims that the cannabis company unlawfully required them to share tips with supervisory employees called Shift Leads in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New Mexico law.
April 05, 2024
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