Off-the-Clock Work

Franchise Store Hit With Class Action: Can The “Parent” Be Brought In?

By Fox Rothschild LLP on April 6, 2016

I have blogged about many off-the-clock cases; they can be troublesome to defend, especially in the absence of accurate time records. Another example has emerged. Three former employees of…
Continue Reading Franchise Store Hit With Class Action: Can The “Parent” Be Brought In?

By Fox Rothschild LLP on March 9, 2016

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…
Continue Reading Discovery Delays Do Not Doom Cases Of Opt Ins In Off-The-Clock FLSA Suit

By Fox Rothschild LLP on January 27, 2016

Some months back, I blogged about a FLSA class action filed against Life Time Fitness based on a theory that personal trainers were compelled to work off-the-clock and were not…
Continue Reading The Magic Bullet: Need For Individual Analysis Dooms FLSA Collective Action Motion for Certification

By Fox Rothschild LLP on December 30, 2015

I often (happily) blog about employer victories in defeating efforts of plaintiffs to secure conditional certification in FLSA overtime cases. Well, another victory has come down the pike. A federal…
Continue Reading Judge Denies Class Certification Motion In Goodyear Suit: No Common Issues Exist!

By Fox Rothschild LLP on December 18, 2015

I have followed this case closely for some time, I blogged in September that I thought the City of Chicago had positioned itself in the most favorable position, with the…
Continue Reading A Great Victory! Federal Judge Rules Against Plaintiffs In Off-Duty BlackBerry Use Trial

By Fox Rothschild LLP on December 4, 2015

Guess what? Wage suits are increasing. Hardly a surprise. A recent study shows that wage-hour lawsuits were up about 8 percent over last year, which may stem (in part) from…
Continue Reading Ho, Hum: The Number of Wage Suits Rises Again.

By Fox Rothschild LLP on October 23, 2015

I just posted last week about an off-the-clock FLSA class action case. Well, maybe it’s the season, or the leaves changing color, but another such case has recently started to…
Continue Reading Let’s Work Out! Off-The-Clock Work Class Action Hits Life Time Fitness

By Fox Rothschild LLP on October 13, 2015

I have blogged a lot and given numerous presentations on the dangers of off-the-clock work time FLSA lawsuits. They are proliferating at a geometric rate and there seems no abatement…
Continue Reading Parking Attendants Who Do On-Location Work Sue CBS For Overtime

By Fox Rothschild LLP on May 26, 2015

I have often warned clients that simply having a policy against working unauthorized overtime does not immunize an employer against a successful lawsuit claiming payment for off-the-clock work. A recent…
Continue Reading “Suffer or Permit” Case Again Shows Danger Of Implicitly Requiring Overtime

By Fox Rothschild LLP on March 31, 2015