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
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Off-the-Clock Security Checks
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There are some interesting cases going on right now about whether employees who work in electronic retail stores need to be paid for the time they spend waiting to get…
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Xerox Company Pays Employees Millions For A Few Minutes Each Day
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Affiliated Computers Services, Inc. (“ACS”), a company owned by Xerox, has agreed to settle a wage and hour dispute with call center employees for $4.5 million. The call center workers…
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FLSA Computer Exemption To Get Revised: A Good Thing For Employers
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Doug Weiner and Meg Thering, in the Wage Hour Defense Blog, recently commented on the introduction of the Computer Professionals Update Act in the US Senate on October 20, 2011. …
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The United States Department of Labor Introduces iPhone Application To Track Employees’ Hours and Pay
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On May 9, 2011, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced the launch of an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that will record the hours worked by…
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The New Year Will Likely Bring More of the Same in the FLSA Class Action Arena
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In the November 30, 2010 issue of Employment Law360, Alfred Robinson posits three continuing trends in FLSA litigation: 1) donning and doffing cases; 2) exemption misclassification cases; and, 3) off-the-clock…
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