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Should I Hire a Lawyer for a Wage and Hour Violation?
August 11th, 2017
Contributor: Michael F. Brady
If you believe your employer is not paying you fairly, whether by not paying you minimum wage, not paying you for all the hours you worked, or not paying you overtime, you may have a claim for a wage and hour violation under the Federal Labor Standar…
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Working Families Flexibility Act: Pending Legislation That Could Change Overtime Options
May 25th, 2017
Contributor: Michael F. Brady
Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill, H.R. 1108, entitled “The Working Families Flexibility Act.” The bill is now in the Senate, awaiting action by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The legislation woul…
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Ninth Circuit Court Finds Class Action Waivers Unenforceable
October 24th, 2016
Contributor: Michael F. Brady
On September 6, 2016, in Morris v. Ernst & Young, LLP, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals joined the Seventh Circuit and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in finding that employers violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when, as a co…
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New Overtime Rules for Salaried Employees Earning Less than $47,476 Per Year
June 30th, 2016
Contributor: Michael F. Brady
On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor announced much-anticipated changes to exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations governing “white collar” workers.
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Proposed Change May Send More Workers Home with Overtime Pay
February 26th, 2015
Millions of previously exempt workers may soon be eligible to receive overtime pay under a plan proposed by the Obama administration, according to a report in CNN Money. The White House is set to announce the proposal in the coming months of the year…
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Employee Misclassification Receives Increased Attention
September 4th, 2014
The issue of employee misclassification has been in the news a lot in the past few weeks and may hang around for a while longer given the importance of a recent case decided by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. That case involved a suit by more tha…
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McDonald’s Case Represents Important Labor Law Test
May 8th, 2014
A recent series of seven lawsuits have been filed by workers of McDonald’s who are claiming wage theft by their employer. The suits represent an important departure from most wage theft cases in the fast food industry in that they are attempting to…
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National Restaurant Chain Named In Labor Law Case
April 24th, 2014
A major national restaurant chain was recently named in a class action suit for underpaying workers who rely on tips. The lawsuit claims that TGI Friday’s forced workers to begin working well before customers arrived and work after they’d left, w…
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Supreme Court To Hear Important Amazon Wage Theft Case
March 21st, 2014
An important case regarding unpaid time that workers spend going in and out of security while going to jobs at Amazon warehouses has been picked up by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case was last heard in the Ninth Circuit where the justices came down o…
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Overtime Pay Poised For Expansion
March 14th, 2014
In another indication that the Obama administration is unwilling to be stymied by Congressional Republicans, President Obama announced recently that he would ask the Department of Labor to issue new rules regarding overtime pay. The goal of the new m…
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