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Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Orders Former Point Pickup Delivery Drivers to Individually Arbitrate Wage Claims

A federal judge sided with the operator of a mobile grocery and merchandise-delivery app, finding that former delivery drivers pursuing a class action suit over unpaid and overtime wages are not exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Eckert Seamans Tapped to Defense Chipotle Wage Action

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

New York Law Journal

Little Known Law Can Lead to Large Liability: The Freelance Isn't Free Act

This relatively unknown New York City law provides protections for freelance workers and imposes harsh penalties for those businesses that fail to comply with the Act's requirements. If your clients hire freelance workers, you should be aware of the Act and its requirements.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Is an FLSA Earthquake Heading Our Way?

The meaning of this phrase and the nature and extent of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) authority to "define and delimit" the so called "white collar" or "EAP" exemption recently has been called into question by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's dissenting opinion (which was joined by Justice Samuel Alito) in Helix Energy Solutions Group v. Hewitt.
6 minute read

Law.com

9th Circuit Sides with Amazon in Employment Class Action over Time Spent in Security Screenings

Amazon employees were unable to find success on appeal for claims that they were not compensated for time spent in the company's security screenings, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the screenings were not "integral and indispensable" to the employees' principal work activities.
5 minute read

The Recorder

9th Circuit Revives Challenge to California's Worker-Classification Law, AB 5

The unanimous three-judge panel said Uber and Postmates made a viable argument that legislatively provided exemptions to California's worker classification law "were the result of 'lobbying' and 'backroom dealing' as opposed to adherence to the stated purpose of the legislation."
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Overtime Pay Collective Action Fails to Overcome Federal Exemption

"This decision will help other business owners in the oil and gas industry, as it shows the salary-plus-bonus pay structure is permissible," said Flowco CEO Charles Jones.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Getting Pay Transparency Right: Best Practices and State Comparisons

While Texas has not passed any pay transparency legislation, employers may still be subject to other jurisdictions' laws.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Supervisor Can't Earn Overtime? Not So Fast, Rules Supreme Court

Michael Hewitt was a toolpusher supervising 12 to 14 other employees who was paid a daily rate with no overtime.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Appeals Court, Relying on High Court Holding, Greenlights Wage-and-Hour Claim

"The legislature, however, did not tether Chapter 212's remedies to the accrual date of an employee's claim," stated Judge Carmen Messano. "It only prohibited an employee from recovering damages for wages due more than six years prior to the 'commencement' of the action, specifically the filing of a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction."
4 minute read

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