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The Legal Intelligencer

Will 'Protz' be Applied Retroactively? Supreme Court Moves to Resolve Issue

As is well known, the Supreme Court in Protz v. W.C.A.B. (Derry Area School Dist.), 124 A.3d 406 (Pa. Commw. 2015), petition for allowance of appeal granted, 133 A.3d 733 (Pa. 2016), has found the entire IRE section of the Workers' Compensation Act to be unconstitutional.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Wawa Assistant Managers' Lawsuit for OT Pay Gets Federal Judge's Conditional OK

A federal judge in Trenton granted conditional certification Thursday in a collective action against convenience store operator Wawa on behalf of assistant general managers on claims that they were wrongly denied overtime pay.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Raising Its Bet on Analytics, Littler Adds First Chief Data Analytics Officer

Littler Mendelson is hiring a chief data analytics officer, Aaron Crews, as the global labor and employment giant looks to bring more of its data scientists' ideas to life in the form of technology products.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Plaintiffs Notch Trial Win in Overtime Wage Fight Against IT Provider

A judge will soon determine how much the class of nearly 1,000 current and former IT professionals will receive in monetary damages from Computer Sciences Corp.
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New York Law Journal

Circuit Says 'Glatt' Test Applied Correctly in Latest Suit Over Interns as Employees

The panel said the district court applied its seven-part test correctly, even though not all the factors weighed in favor of the employer defendant, Hearst.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Third Circuit Takes U-Turn on Modification of Maritime Labor Contracts

Abandoning its long-held position on a maritime worker compensation issue, the Third Circuit has ruled that judges may not alter terms of a seafarer's labor contract without evidence that negotiations were unfair.
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The Recorder

Former Amazon Worker Seeks Class Certification in Overtime Suit

A former Amazon.com LLC shift manager who claims the online retailer denied him overtime pay is seeking class action status in California federal district court, an attempt to widen the scope of allegations that workers are unfairly enduring grueling “internet speed” conditions in the retail company's warehouses across the country.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Third Circuit's Paid Breaks Ruling a Bright Line, but Not an Open Door

A federal appeals court offered a clear rule earlier this year in holding that employees must be paid for breaks lasting 20 minutes or less, but private suits on that issue have been few, and appear poised to remain so, practitioners say.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Personal Injury vs. Workers' Comp: Understanding the Differences Is Essential

A single incident can often result in a variety of claims and available benefits. Consider a car accident, while a person is “at work.”
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