Under the FLSA, for training time to not be counted as working hours, there are specific conditions that must be met. If all four of these conditions are not met
Continue Reading Another Training Time Case Highlights The Issue Of “Compulsion.”Working Time
Employers Must Beware Of Year-End Wage Hour Issues/Landmines!
I read an interesting post by Sara Zorich of Amundsen Davis concerning the year-end wage hour issues that employers must deal with, and I agree with the concepts set forth…
Continue Reading Employers Must Beware Of Year-End Wage Hour Issues/Landmines!FLSA Class Action Settlement Illustrates Strictness Of Regulations On Training Time
The FLSA regulations on training time are very specific and, often, hard for an employer to comply with. There are four conditions precedent for such time to be non-compensable and…
Continue Reading FLSA Class Action Settlement Illustrates Strictness Of Regulations On Training TimeWill These Call Center Cases Ever End? Another Settlement Says Probably Not!
Over the last ten years or so, there have been a rash of class actions involving workers employed at various call centers. These cases involve the performance of work prior…
Continue Reading Will These Call Center Cases Ever End? Another Settlement Says Probably Not!Bow-Wow–Security Officers Want Pay For Canine Care: Yet Another “Dog” Of A Case!
As you may know, I am a big student of working time cases and often blog about them. One of my favorite categories of such cases are the so-called “dog…
Continue Reading Bow-Wow–Security Officers Want Pay For Canine Care: Yet Another “Dog” Of A Case!Change Of Hours Has FLSA Implications For Overtime
Now that the clocks have changed for the ending of Daylight Savings Time (DST) there may be overtime implications for employers, especially for those employees who work graveyard or overnight…
Continue Reading Change Of Hours Has FLSA Implications For OvertimeEmployees Can Keep FLSA Action Alive Without Specifying (Extra) Hours Worked: Am I Hearing Correctly?
In any litigation, obviously, the plaintiff(s) bear an initial burden of proof that must be met before the burden shifts to the defendant to rebut. In a Fair Labor Standards…
Continue Reading Employees Can Keep FLSA Action Alive Without Specifying (Extra) Hours Worked: Am I Hearing Correctly?Third Circuit Clarifies The Meaning Of “Integral and Indispensable” Test In Preliminary/Postliminary Working Time Cases: Employers Beware!
I love working time cases. And we got a real winner lately. The Third Circuit has recently ruled that clothes-changing time for oil rig workers was compensable. In so doing…
Continue Reading Third Circuit Clarifies The Meaning Of “Integral and Indispensable” Test In Preliminary/Postliminary Working Time Cases: Employers Beware!Will These Working Time Call Center Cases Ever Stop? I Bet Not!
It seems every other week there is a call center case involving preliminary and postliminary working time. Now, it is a Wayfair call center. The customer service workers allege that…
Continue Reading Will These Working Time Call Center Cases Ever Stop? I Bet Not!Federal Preemption Defense In FLSA Lawsuit—Good Tactic!
In any FLSA lawsuit involving unionized workers, the defense lawyer must always look for a preemption defense. That means that the lawsuit is not properly before a Judge because it…
Continue Reading Federal Preemption Defense In FLSA Lawsuit—Good Tactic!