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Daily Report Online

Mediating Wage-Hour Collective and Class Actions: Special Factors to Keep in Mind

The wage-and-hour collective/class action mediation is a different type of case, and as mediator of wage-and-hour collective class action cases, I'd like to share some of the unique aspects of these types of cases.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Server Sues Pampas Steakhouse for Alleged Wage-and-Hour Violations

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

Corporate Counsel

Feds Putting Squeeze on Federal Contractors for Hiring Disparities

"It really pays off to take that time and train anyone who has a hand in the hiring process," said Nancy Van der Veer Holt, a partner at FordHarrison.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Delta Defied Labor Law by Failing to Provide Seating, Former Employee Alleges

The complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

DOL Proposes Significant Increase in Salary Level to Remain Exempt From OT

The NPRM proposes a more than 50% increase to the minimum salary thresholds to be classified as exempt from overtime under the white-collar exemptions (i.e., executive, administrative and professional) and a more than 30% increase to qualify for the highly compensated employee exemption.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Appeals Court Weighs Counting 'Side Hustle' as Employment for Workers Comp Claimants

A crane operator had a side hustle for years before he was injured. However, the COVID-19 pandemic drove away both clients and profits from the gig in the months leading up to a debilitating injury.
5 minute read

Law.com

Six Flags and Great America Accused of Failing to Compensate Employees Waiting for Security Screening

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Newsom Signs Bill Curbing Arbitration-Appeal Stays Into Law

The governor also signed legislation that will maintain current levels of lawyer licensing fees and give city attorneys and county counsel more authority to pursue Labor Code violations.
4 minute read

Law.com

Following Argument, Massachusetts Justices to Decide Lawfulness of 'Draw Systems' for Commissioned Employees

"Basically, Jordan's system required the employees to pay for their own hourly labor. And then once they had earned sufficient draw to cover that time, which Jordan's would take out of their earned commissions, Jordan's would pay them whatever commissions were left," Sutton's counsel, Brant Casavant, of Fair Work in Boston, explained to the justices Oct. 4.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Pay Transparency Law Goes Into Effect Across New York State

A discussion of some of the key areas and points of analysis concerning the new law.
7 minute read

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