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!preliminary
Remote Work Under The FLSA Is A Hot Issue, Drawing Technical Guidance From The USDOL
Since the pandemic, companies across the nation have been dealing with the issue of remote work, from many perspectives, but amongst the most important, the wage-hour perspective of how to…
Continue Reading Remote Work Under The FLSA Is A Hot Issue, Drawing Technical Guidance From The USDOLCompany Wants FLSA Class Action Dismissed Due To Plaintiffs Improper Actions Regarding Notice To Opt-Ins
When an employer is sued in a FLSA class/collective action, a big bone of contention often is the definition of the class and what should or should not be in…
Continue Reading Company Wants FLSA Class Action Dismissed Due To Plaintiffs Improper Actions Regarding Notice To Opt-InsThe FLSA Working Time Issue Of The Times-The Compensability (Or Not) Of Pre-Shift Covid-Testing At The Workplace
I have blogged about working time issues involving COVID testing and screening many times and there seems to be no shortage of these cases coming down the pike. On that…
Continue Reading The FLSA Working Time Issue Of The Times-The Compensability (Or Not) Of Pre-Shift Covid-Testing At The WorkplaceYet Another Preliminary/Postliminary Class Action: More Of The Same
I see yet another class action lawsuit involving preliminary and postliminary activities, such as, in this case, donning-and-duffing clothing. A group of workers has sued their employer, a steel fabricating…
Continue Reading Yet Another Preliminary/Postliminary Class Action: More Of The SameAnother Call Center Case Finding Boot Up Time Is Compensable: What Else Is New?
The issue of working time, especially the issue of preliminary and postliminary activities and what activities are compensable, haunts me as a practitioner and is confusing for employers. Many of…
Continue Reading Another Call Center Case Finding Boot Up Time Is Compensable: What Else Is New?FLSA Training Time Class Action Highlights the Nuances of ‘Working Time’ Issues
To me, working time lawsuits are almost the most dangerous for an employer because they often will affect many employees, lending themselves (easily) to a purported class action. A recent…
Continue Reading FLSA Training Time Class Action Highlights the Nuances of ‘Working Time’ Issues
Piece Rate Overtime FLSA Class Action Shows Danger In Improper Overtime Computation: The Nuances of the Overtime Regulations (29 CFR 778)
I have many clients that want to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and pay workers properly, especially for overtime. However, I have found that even the most…
Continue Reading Piece Rate Overtime FLSA Class Action Shows Danger In Improper Overtime Computation: The Nuances of the Overtime Regulations (29 CFR 778)
Yet Another FLSA Call Center Working Time Class Action—Here We Go Again!
I have written about call center cases, which involve allegedly unpaid working time, many times. Well, they continue to pop up. In a recent case, a class of workers claim…
Continue Reading Yet Another FLSA Call Center Working Time Class Action—Here We Go Again!
Employers Beware—State Wage Hour Rules May Be Tougher Than The FLSA and Must Be Complied With
I always tell clients they must comply with both federal and state law, whatever State they are situate in, that complying with one is not a defense to not complying…
Continue Reading Employers Beware—State Wage Hour Rules May Be Tougher Than The FLSA and Must Be Complied With