How many times have I written about working time cases, so called “off the clock” cases, where the claimed compensable time arises from preliminary or postliminary activities that are tied
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Lawyers Want To Withdraw From FLSA Class Action Against Cannabis Company Because Their Clients Are Incommunicado
This is an interesting and rather unique situation. Two lawyers who represent a putative class of workers who filed a class action under the Fair Labor Standards Act now want
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Commuting In Company Truck Does Not Make The Travel Time Compensable Under FLSA: Too Bad!
I just posted on a travel time case the other day but I have a special fondness for these kinds of cases and enjoy watching the numerous, creative ways that
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The FLSA and Temperature Checks: The Doctrine of “Integral and Indispensable” Comes to the Forefront
The other day I went to the eye doctor and, before I could go in, an employee checked my temperature. This phenomenon is going to become perhaps a constant fact
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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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A Great Victory! Federal Judge Rules Against Plaintiffs In Off-Duty BlackBerry Use Trial
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
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Apple Workers Denied Class Certification in FLSA Working Time Claim on Security Checks
I often blog about what is and is not working time under the FLSA. Many class actions have been brought on these issues, with some focused on time waiting for
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A (Potentially) Big Time FLSA Blackberry Case Goes To Trial
This has been a protracted lawsuit; I have used this case (for some years now) as an example when
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Another FLSA Off-the-Clock Case: Employees Allegedly Ordered Not To Report Time
I have posted numerous times about the dangers of (and the escalation of lawsuits) involving claims of off-the-clock work. Well, here we have yet another example. A $450,000 settlement has
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FLSA Collective Action Certified By NJ Federal Court: Another Dangerous “Electronic” Class Action
In Maddy v General Electric Company, filed in federal court in the District of New Jersey, the plaintiffs brought a collective action pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)
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