Many employers believe that if an employee (or many employees) perform a tiny amount of work, or work-like activity, before their shifts, that brief off-the-clock, activity cannot be “working time”
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FLSA Collective Action Seeks Payment For Time Spent Undergoing COVID Screen: I Don’t Think So!
The issue of payment (or not) for undergoing security checks has been a hot item of late, especially since the US Supreme Court issued its momentous decision in Integrity Staffing …
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Another Security Line Check Case: The Extent Of The De Minimis Rule Explored
There have been a host of federal cases recently focusing on whether time spent waiting in security lines is compensable. Some have gone for the plaintiffs and others for the…
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On Davis-Bacon/Prevailing Wage Projects, Be Aware of “Split Classification” Issues and Problems
On prevailing wage projects, employees are paid for the different trade work they do by the rate for that trade. Sometimes, employees work in more than one classification (e.g. Carpenter…
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Wave of Wage-Hour Lawsuits Coming? Beware of the Danger Zones
I have been writing about wage hour issues that are implicated or raised by the continuing COVID-19 situation. Well, here’s another one. I warn that as businesses start to open…
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