December 15, 2023
In 2023, courts around the country decided cases that reshaped precedents affecting overtime, collective actions, defeating a motion to dismiss, tracking off-the-clock labor and pandemic-era remote work. Here, Law360 reviews five wage and hour opinions that stood out.
September 07, 2023
The Second Circuit gave a reminder recently that employers’ obligation to pay for workers’ time kicks in even if an employee doesn’t log the labor. Here, Law360 presents four tips for employers to ensure that they know when work gets done that they need to pay for.
August 25, 2023
The Second Circuit upheld a roughly $18 million unpaid overtime verdict against New York City, ruling Friday that a jury reasonably concluded that the city was obligated to pay paramedics and emergency medical technicians for preshift work that went unreported.
February 03, 2023
The Second Circuit this week is to hear arguments in the New York City Fire Department's bid to undo a lower court decision requiring it to pay nearly $18 million to compensate paramedics and other workers who claim they were not paid for work they performed before and after their shifts. Here, Law360 looks at that case and other major labor and employment cases on the docket in the state.
March 11, 2022
A group of EMTs and paramedics are fighting an appeal the New York City Fire Department filed with the Second Circuit to vacate a $17 million judgment awarding back pay, arguing that there is abundant evidence showing the city knew workers were underpaid.