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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“Suffer or Permit” Case Again Shows Danger Of Implicitly Requiring Overtime
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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…
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Secret Service Hit with Overtime Suit on Off-The-Clock Work
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As if the Secret Service did not have enough headaches to go around! Now, the beleaguered agency has been hit with a class action lawsuit filed by information technology and…
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Seventh Circuit Affirms That “Suffering or Permitting” Employees To Work Means The Employer Must Know Of The Work
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I am always counseling clients to have very good and strict time reporting systems so that employees cannot claim they performed work and want to be compensated for it. I…
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