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The Legal Intelligencer

Construction Companies' Wage-and-Hour Noncompliance Viewed as 'Wage Theft'

Prosecutors have answered the call. Government wage-related enforcement—focused particularly on the construction industry—is gaining momentum, and the repercussions for construction companies' wage-and-hour compliance failures are only intensifying in both the civil and criminal realms.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cannabis Store Brings on Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney to Defend Against Wage-and-Hour Claim

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Restaurant Servers in Line to Get $1.2M From Ruby Tuesday's Stipulated Agreement

Plaintiffs counsel Richard Hayber has agreed to $1.2 million tentative stipulated agreement for former Connecticut servers at Ruby Tuesday; a Superior Court judge is expected to sign off on the plan next month.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

DOL Solicits Tips on Revised Tipped Employee Regulations

On June 23, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division published a notice of proposed rulemaking titled "Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Dual Jobs." The proposed rulemaking reinstates the department's longstanding 80/20 rule applicable to wages paid to tipped employees.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court: Amazon Employees' Time Spent in Security Screenings Counts as Work Hours

The justices' answers to two questions certified from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit bode well for Amazon employees looking to be paid for the time they spend undergoing security screenings after their shifts.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Too Many Errors: Plaintiffs Firm Troy Law Won the Case But Won't Get Any Fees

"They were under an incorrect assumption that at the end of the day, the judge would always approve their attorneys fees," said the defendant's lawyer, Heng Wang.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Peckar & Abramson Tapped to Defend Wage-and-Hour Class Action

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Before Fully Reopening, Restaurant and Bar Owners Should Take a Tip From FLSA Cases

After over a year of COVID-19 restrictions and with more people getting vaccinated every day, Pennsylvania, according to many reports, plans to relax its COVID-19-related safety measures on businesses in time for Memorial Day. Thus, it seems employers finally may be on a path toward fully reopening.
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'It's No Windfall. It's the Law': Court Rules Against Outback Steakhouse in 'Tip Credit' Case

Hartford Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher has ruled in favor of a worker in a tip credit dispute with the Outback Steakhouse of Florida restaurant chain.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Low-Wage Earners in Spotlight as Employment Litigation Targets Alleged Wage Theft

A federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges an Eastford company discriminated against two dozen Latino employees in not paying them their money owed and treating them with racial animus and hostility.
4 minute read

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