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Daily Business Review

Many Employers Will Need to Raise Salaries to Qualify for Overtime Exemption

Changes in federal overtime rules will have a profound impact in the hospitality and retail industries, write attorneys April Boyer and Yamilet Hurtado.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former GC Says Startup Quicklegal Owes Him $280,000

The former general counsel at an online legal services company has sued his ex-employer, alleging it has failed to pay him stock and wages for his work there.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Mandatory Arbitration Hits Snag at Seventh Circuit

Companies can't force workers to waive their ability to bring class actions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled last week.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Komatsu v. NTT Data, Inc.

Court's Jurisdiction Over SOX Retaliation Claim Lacking; Wages Action Dismissed
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

With Domino's Lawsuit, New York AG Goes for Joint Employer Liability

The civil lawsuit is the first wage-theft case Eric Schneiderman has brought that invokes “joint employer” liability.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Kmart Settles FLSA Misclassification Suit for $3.8M

Kmart Corp. has agreed to a $3.8 million settlement in federal court in Trenton of two collective actions on behalf of assistant managers who claim they were wrongly classified as exempt from overtime pay in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and state labor laws.
11 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Former Ruby Tuesday Managers Sue in Wage Dispute

Two former Ruby Tuesday employees who claim the restaurant chain denied them overtime pay when they worked many 50-hour or more weeks are seeking class action status in their litigation against their former employer.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Grocery Chain Reaches $5M Settlement in Pay Dispute

Pending approval from a federal court judge, The Fresh Market grocery chain has struck a $5 million settlement with department managers who say they were shortchanged on overtime pay.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Firms Share $700,000 in Class Action Lawsuit

A federal judge approved a $2.1 million settlement in a federal class-action suit against a health care facility staffing agency, including more than $700,000 in attorney fees and costs to two firms that represented some 900 aggrieved workers.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

New U.S. Overtime Standards Expected to Spark Litigation

The U.S. Department of Labor announced its final rule updating overtime regulations, expanding pay protection to 185,000 new Pennsylvanians and giving employers six months to ensure compliance. Employment attorneys said the new regulations present a complex set of challenges to employers that are likely to lead to a burst of litigation against businesses slow to adapt, as well as more lawsuits over off-the-clock work.
13 minute read

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