I have blogged about these automatic deduction cases, but they nevertheless keep popping up with disturbing regularity. In another example of this phenomenon, employees have sued a Michigan healthcare employer
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How Many Times Do We Have To Go Through This? Another Call Center Boot-Up FLSA Class Action
It seems every week another call center case pops up. These are extremely dangerous cases for employers and that is why I keep writing (or, harping) about them, as a…
Continue Reading How Many Times Do We Have To Go Through This? Another Call Center Boot-Up FLSA Class ActionNew USDOL Wage Guidance On Use of AI: The New World Of Wage Regulation!
The world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is upon us and charging fast, “invading” every aspect of human endeavor. Well, the world of wage hour regulation is no different and now…
Continue Reading New USDOL Wage Guidance On Use of AI: The New World Of Wage Regulation!Will Employers Ever Learn? Boot-Up Cases in Customer Service Call Centers Are A Real Problem!
One of the biggest threats facing employers is employees performing pre-shift/post-shift work without being paid and then suing, as a class, for that compensation. This trend is especially prevalent in…
Continue Reading Will Employers Ever Learn? Boot-Up Cases in Customer Service Call Centers Are A Real Problem!Another Security Check Point Case: Compensable Or Not?
There have been a number of cases, in different jurisdictions, involving whether time spent undergoing security checks is compensable time. One issue involved is whether the activity is for the…
Continue Reading Another Security Check Point Case: Compensable Or Not?Another Training Time Case Highlights The Issue Of “Compulsion.”
Under the FLSA, for training time to not be counted as working hours, there are specific conditions that must be met. If all four of these conditions are not met…
Continue Reading Another Training Time Case Highlights The Issue Of “Compulsion.”FLSA Class Action Settlement Illustrates Strictness Of Regulations On Training Time
The FLSA regulations on training time are very specific and, often, hard for an employer to comply with. There are four conditions precedent for such time to be non-compensable and…
Continue Reading FLSA Class Action Settlement Illustrates Strictness Of Regulations On Training TimeWill These Call Center Cases Ever End? Another Settlement Says Probably Not!
Over the last ten years or so, there have been a rash of class actions involving workers employed at various call centers. These cases involve the performance of work prior…
Continue Reading Will These Call Center Cases Ever End? Another Settlement Says Probably Not!Bow-Wow–Security Officers Want Pay For Canine Care: Yet Another “Dog” Of A Case!
As you may know, I am a big student of working time cases and often blog about them. One of my favorite categories of such cases are the so-called “dog…
Continue Reading Bow-Wow–Security Officers Want Pay For Canine Care: Yet Another “Dog” Of A Case!Change Of Hours Has FLSA Implications For Overtime
Now that the clocks have changed for the ending of Daylight Savings Time (DST) there may be overtime implications for employers, especially for those employees who work graveyard or overnight…
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