October 03, 2022
A Fifth Circuit ruling that found crew members aboard lift boats that service oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico don’t qualify for an exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime requirement highlights the appeals court’s textualist approach. Here, Law360 details three cases that outline the ruling's ongoing impact.
June 15, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic is not a "natural disaster" that employers can use as an exception to a federal law requiring businesses to give workers advance notice of mass layoffs, the Fifth Circuit determined Wednesday, in what may be the first such ruling by a federal appellate court.