What scares me the most about a USDOL audit or a FLSA lawsuit is the threat of liquidated damages. These damages, which double the wages due, are imposed almost routinely
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Bank Underwriters Fall Within Administrative Exemption: The Tension Between Use of Skill and Experience and Discretion/Independent Judgment
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The grayest of the white collar exemptions (as I often have said) is the administrative. In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit has again proven the truth of this maxim. …
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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Case Involving Waiver (In A Severance Agreement) Of FLSA Collective Action Participation
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In a significant ruling (or lack of same) the US Supreme Court has declined to review an appellate court decision that held that employees could pursue a Fair Labor Standards…
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