It seems that allegations of different types of discrimination or employer wrongdoing run in cycles. There was a time when we saw that claims of racial and ethnic discrimination were
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The USDOL And The Joint Employer Doctrine: The Saga Continues
The USDOL has proposed a new cut-down (watered down?) test for determining when entities are a joint employer. Such a finding leads to the aggregating of employee hours which are
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Another Retail Industry FLSA Collective Action On Misclassification Settles: What Employers Should Do To Be Proactive
The retail industry is notoriously prone to FLSA collective action misclassification lawsuits because there are many levels of management, especially so-called lower management, where the employees may/may not discharge actual/true
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One Toke Over the Line: Employer of Marijuana Workers Seeking FLSA Overtime Defends By Asserting Its Business Is Illegal
It is not often when an employer defends a FLSA lawsuit by asserting that it is in an illegal business and therefore immune to suit. Sound funny? Well, that is
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Judge Allows Named Plaintiff Expansive Ability To Communicate with Potential Opt-Ins in FLSA Collective Action
When a class action is filed, often times there are issues (for the plaintiff and their counsel) as to who should be in the class. Often, the named plaintiff will
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Retaliation Sometimes Follows FLSA Lawsuit Filing—It Shouldn’t!
I am always telling clients who are sued in FLSA actions not to take any actions against employees who may still be working for them (which, admittedly, is not the
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Emotional Harm Damages Allowable In FLSA Case: A Trend?
Usually, in FLSA cases, no emotional damages are allowable in retaliation cases. Perhaps that inviolate principle is now changing. In an important case, the Fifth Circuit has recently held that
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Employer Wins Sanctions Against USDOL In Overtime Case—The Wheel Turns The Other Way
Usually, it is the USDOL that is seeking sanctions against an employer who has, in wholesale fashion, violated the
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Makin’ Choices Makes Bad Choice In Allegedly Retaliating Against Employees Who Received Monies from USDOL Audit
After an employer make settlements with employees, especially if done through a DOL investigation, and those employees are still employed, there exists perhaps a natural “urge” to take some of
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Discovery Delays Do Not Doom Cases Of Opt Ins In Off-The-Clock FLSA Suit
Usually, when a party does not respond to discovery requests, it can face sanctions, including the dismissal of the case (if he/they are the plaintiff(s). Well, that truism took a
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