It seems every other week there is a call center case involving preliminary and postliminary working time. Now, it is a Wayfair call center. The customer service workers allege that
Continue Reading Will These Working Time Call Center Cases Ever Stop? I Bet Not!
I read an interesting blog post by Seyfarth Shaw on a working time case in a call center. I have often blogged about working time cases, preliminary/postliminary cases, and have
Continue Reading The De Minimis Doctrine May Not Be As Moribund As I Have Thought: Call Center Case Makes This (Important) Point
Working time cases, especially those claiming pay for preliminary or postliminary work are difficult and dangerous because they sneak up on an employer. These activities may seem minimal, or not
Continue Reading Another Preliminary/Postliminary Case: What The Employer Need Be Aware Of!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
Continue Reading Preliminary/Postliminary Class Action (Again): What Does “Integral” Mean To Make Pre-Shift Activities Compensable
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
Continue Reading Lawyers Want To Withdraw From FLSA Class Action Against Cannabis Company Because Their Clients Are Incommunicado
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
Continue Reading Commuting In Company Truck Does Not Make The Travel Time Compensable Under FLSA: Too Bad!
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
Continue Reading The FLSA and Temperature Checks: The Doctrine of “Integral and Indispensable” Comes to the Forefront
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.
Continue Reading Donning and Duffing Cases Keep Happening: The Danger of Off-The-Clock Activities
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
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
Continue Reading Apple Workers Denied Class Certification in FLSA Working Time Claim on Security Checks