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!
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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
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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
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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
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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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