“I am angry and I don’t know what to do with my anger!” This is a line from the movie, The Big Chill, one of my favorites. It also
Continue Reading Automatic Lunch Deduction Policy (Again) At The Center of FLSA Working Time Class Action: Stop The Madness!In December, I blogged about off-the-clock work in my post Unreported, Off-the-Clock Work. Off-the-clock work includes meal break time, and issues arise when employees work during these breaks, or
Continue Reading Working During Meal Break Controversy Continues: What Employers Should Do
I often post on and discuss working time issues, e.g. travel time, on-call time, automatic lunch deduction cases, training time and, of late, after-hours employee email/blackberry usage and whether it is
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When I begin defending a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action, one of the first strategies I look for is to find some way to kick the named plaintiff out
Continue Reading FLSA Collective Action Dismissed for Failure of Lead Plaintiff To File Opt-in: Yes!
On December 1, 2011, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that it will be conducting an “enforcement initiative” focused on the residential care industry in North Carolina. The
Continue Reading The United States Department of Labor Targets Wage and Hour Abuses In The Residential Care Industry
I recently gave a presentation at a national wage-hour conference in Miami on the perils of automatic deductions for lunch and the possibility that such a procedure could lead to
Continue Reading The Danger of Automatic Lunch Deductions Surfaces (Again)
In a recent posting in the Wage Hour Defense Blog, Kara Maciel brought attention to the new, intensified focus by the federal Department of Labor in auditing and inspecting health
Continue Reading Health Care Industry: DOL Intensified Focus Mandates More Awareness
There are employers whose “smart” time clocks automatically make a thirty minute deduction every day for lunch, supposedly and assumedly taken. I have railed against this practice, advising that the
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, there is no law requiring employees receive a lunch period or break times. However, when the employer gives time for lunch, the employees must
Continue Reading US DOL Finds 4,000 Nurses at SSM Health Care Owed One Million Dollars Over Missed Lunches