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New Law Prohibits Employers From Asking Applicants About Salary History

Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, California employers will no longer be able to ask job applicants about their salary history.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Debate on Gender Pay Equality Not Going Away Anytime Soon

“How much were you paid at your last job?” This common, seemingly innocuous question that is routinely asked during an employer's pre-hiring process, could lead to disparities in salaries between men and women.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Did the Commonwealth Court Decide the Retroactive Effect of 'Protz'?

In June, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared Section 306(a.2), the impairment rating evaluation provisions of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, to be unconstitutional under Article I, Section II of the Pennsylvania Constitution pursuant to the nondelegation doctrine in Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Derry Area Schchool District), 161 A.3d 827 (Pa. 2017) (Protz II).
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Attorneys in Wage Dispute Earn $30K in Fees

Attorneys who represented three plaintiffs who recovered less than $7,000 in a wage dispute case against a Bronx restaurant are entitled to more than $30,000 in attorney fees for their work on the case, a federal judge has ruled.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Roseman v. Bloomberg L.P.

Class Suit Certified in Analytics Representatives' Overtime Pay Action Against Bloomberg LP
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Defines 'Willfulness' Under FLSA and OKs Reduced Fee Award

On Sept. 20, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a ­precedential opinion in Souryavong v. Lackawanna County that is music to the ears of employers on two fronts. First, the court of appeals defined a willful violation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) narrowly, requiring actual awareness of the specific FLSA violation and a degree of egregiousness. Second, the Third Circuit affirmed the district court's attorney fees award, applying a hybrid lodestar and multi-factor test analysis, resulting in an award to the plaintiffs' counsel of approximately one-third of what the plaintiffs originally sought.
6 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Novak Druce Sought to Avoid Service of Process in Dispute Over Partner Wages, Judge Says

Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg owes $36,000 in unpaid wages to two of its former partners, a Delaware Superior Court judge ruled Monday, scolding the defunct intellectual property boutique for creating a "labyrinth" to avoid paying its debts.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Williams v. The Bethel Springvale Nursing Home

FLSA Suit Against Nursing Home Only Partly Dismissed; Class Decertification is Denied
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

3rd Circuit Defines 'Willful' FLSA Violation, OKs 67 Percent Fee Slash

A federal appeals court has ruled that although Lackawanna County failed to pay overtime to some of its employees, it did not show a "willfulness" to violate the Fair Labor Standards Act.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Federal Labor Lawsuit Accuses LAZ of Failing to Pay Overtime

The federal lawsuit filed claims LAZ regularly does not pay assistant managers overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
7 minute read

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