I have often blogged (and am concerned about) working time issues, especially when they comprise the basis for a class action. These are “soft,” subtle activities that may rise to
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When Does Travel Become Compensable Work Hours?
I blog a lot about working time cases because these are the issues can sneak up on an employer, even the most well intentioned and good faith employer. Travel time
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Donning and Duffing Cases Keep Happening: The Danger of Off-The-Clock Activities
Working time cases come in all sizes and shapes. Many of these off-the-clock cases are so-called donning-and-duffing cases involving clothes changing for work and whether it is compensable. The U.S.
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Eddie Bauer Security Check Waiting Time Case Gets Certification: What Is “Working Time”?
What is working time? There are many variations on this theme, some far grayer than others. When does waiting time become working time? Is the employee engaged to be waiting
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Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Chicago Police Off-the-Clock Blackberry Case
I have blogged on this long, protracted saga many times and I am glad to see that with each posting, the judicial result does not change. The Seventh Circuit has
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Golf Club Hit With a Bogey: FLSA Class Action Lawsuit for Overtime
I have blogged before about fancy golf clubs being sued for FLSA violations. Well, here is another one. The Farm Neck Golf Club is a members-only golf club on
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Democratic Senators Hear from Hardee’s Workers on Labor Secretary Nominee
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., took testimony from workers at Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s. These are the businesses that are operated by Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder.
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Use of Fluctuating Workweek Method To Compute Damages Disallowed
A group of New Jersey sales associates who work in Dish Network LLC call centers urged a federal court to confirm a $1.9 million arbitration award stemming from a proposed
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Golf Course Class Action Held In Abeyance Pending Settlement Talks—The Right Thing To Do
I blogged about this case a few weeks ago and opined that the employer would have an uphill fight. Maybe they heard me. The case has now been put in
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Morgan Stanley Settles Four Collective Actions: The Specter of Off-the-Clock Lawsuits Continues to Haunt
The financial giant Morgan Stanley announced that it will settle four FLSA collective actions for six million dollars; the suits, filed by financial adviser trainees, alleged that they were not
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