Wage & Hour
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August 04, 2025
Darden Shorted Tipped Longhorn Workers On Pay, Suit Says
Restaurant operator Darden failed to pay full minimum wage to tipped workers at Longhorn Steakhouse locations in Tennessee when they performed non-tip-producing work, a worker said in a lawsuit filed in federal court Monday.
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August 04, 2025
Ga. Nursing Home Operator Doesn't Pay Proper OT, Suit Says
The operator of an Atlanta nursing home failed to pay certified nursing assistants for the overtime they worked, an employee said in a proposed collective action filed in Georgia federal court.
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August 04, 2025
Rising Star: McDermott's Chris Braham
Chris Braham of McDermott Will & Emery LLP helped Circle K defeat a Fair Credit Reporting Act case that went to a California appellate court and helped Darden Restaurants survive an advocacy organization's discrimination suit, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2025
Arnold & Porter Expands On West Coast With K&L Gates Team
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP is continuing to grow on the West Coast, announcing Monday that it has added seven lawyers from K&L Gates LLP to its newly launched Seattle office and one to its Los Angeles location.
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August 01, 2025
X Corp. Must Arbitrate Ex-Twitter Workers' Claims, Cover Fees
A Seattle federal judge is forcing X Corp. to fully pay the fees for arbitrating the claims of about 150 former Twitter employees in Washington who say they were shorted on bonus and severance pay amid layoffs after Elon Musk took over the social media giant in 2022.
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August 01, 2025
Indiana Health Care Co. Fudged Workers' Time, Suit Claims
An Indiana health care network falsified employees' time sheets to avoid paying their overtime, a financial counselor claimed in a proposed class and collective action in federal court.
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August 01, 2025
GEO Pushes Justices To Grant Appeal Of Immunity Ruling
Private prison corporation GEO urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that government contractors have the right to challenge courts' rulings that they are not entitled to derivative sovereign immunity, saying that such denials are collateral orders worthy of an appeal.
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August 01, 2025
Fault Lines Persist Around Arbitration For Last-Mile Drivers
The muddy contours of the transportation worker exemption to federal arbitration law may be reviewed once more by the U.S. Supreme Court in an overtime case, showing the persistent challenges of delimiting the so-called last-mile driver and their relationship to interstate commerce, attorneys say.
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August 01, 2025
Calif. Forecast: Toxicology Co. Wants Wage Claims Arbitrated
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for arguments about whether a proposed wage and hour class action against a drug and alcohol testing company should be sent to arbitration or back to state court. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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August 01, 2025
Marriott Affiliate Banquet Workers Claim OT, Break Violations
A Colorado hotel in the Marriott network failed to provide hundreds of banquet servers with rest breaks, leading to unpaid overtime, three workers said in a proposed class and collective action filed in state court.
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August 01, 2025
NY Forecast: Judge Weighs Tossing Hospital Retaliation Suit
This week, a New York federal judge will consider tossing a suit brought by a former administrator at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital who claims she was fired for complaining about sexual harassment she faced from a co-worker.
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July 31, 2025
Wyndham Can't Escape Hotel Workers' Labor Trafficking Suit
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. can't get out of a lawsuit alleging that two hotels, in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, forced homeless or desperate people into servitude in exchange for shelter, though a federal judge has trimmed several claims against the company and one hotel's owners.
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July 31, 2025
Drexel Ordered To Pay $546K In Fees, Costs In Equal Pay Case
A former Drexel University professor found at trial to have been paid less than her male colleagues can recoup nearly $546,000 in attorney fees and costs, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting arguments her request was late, and was inappropriate because her lead counsel was her husband.
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July 31, 2025
Firefighter Says Military Service Cost Her Pay, Opportunities
The Jersey City, New Jersey, fire department shorted a firefighter on pay and pension benefits while she was out on military leave and deprived her of opportunities upon her return to work, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.
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July 31, 2025
Rising Star: Proskauer's Rachel Fischer
Proskauer Rose's Rachel Fischer has successfully defended high-profile clients such as Fox News in a former producer's sexual harassment and assault suit and the MLB in an umpire's race discrimination suit, earning her a spot among the employment practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2025
Agriculture Co. Strikes $2M Deal To End Workers' Wage Suit
An agriculture company agreed to pay $2 million to resolve a Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit accusing it of failing to pay warehouse employees for work they perform off the clock and not providing duty-free meal periods, a filing in California federal court said.
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July 31, 2025
J&J Fired Sales Worker Who Reported Pay Issue, Suit Says
Johnson & Johnson wrongly credited a former executive sales representative's sales to another worker, leading to lost earned commissions, and then fired him once he complained, the former employee said in a suit in Texas federal court.
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July 31, 2025
LA Metro Fails To Pay For Preshift Work, Suit Says
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority requires certain employees to show up to work 15 to 30 minutes before their scheduled shifts but declines to compensate them for this additional work, a proposed class action filed in California federal court said.
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July 31, 2025
Kaufman Dolowich Adds Jackson Lewis Employment Pro
Kaufman Dolowich is boosting its labor and employment team, bringing in a Jackson Lewis PC labor attorney as a partner.
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July 30, 2025
Judge Presses Both Sides On Denver Wage Ordinance Fight
A Colorado federal judge had a slew of questions Wednesday for attorneys regarding competing motions for dismissal and summary judgment in two employment companies' case against the city and county of Denver alleging officials overstepped in their attempt to audit wage violations.
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July 30, 2025
Wash. Lumber Co. Strikes $1.6M Deal To End Wage Case
A Washington state lumber company agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a proposed class action alleging it didn't provide legally required breaks, forced employees to work off the clock and didn't properly pay overtime, workers said Wednesday in federal court.
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July 30, 2025
Gas Co., Fired Exec Agree To End Stock Options Dispute
A former executive agreed to resolve her lawsuit accusing a gas company of refusing to let her exercise millions of dollars' worth of stock options and then firing her for complaining, a filing in Virginia federal court said.
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July 30, 2025
UFC Fighters Seek Penalty For Discovery Delays In Wage Spat
Fighters suing UFC over allegations of wage suppression have asked a Nevada federal judge to impose terminating sanctions on the organization and its parent company, TKO Operating Co. LLC, for failing to turn over court-ordered documents.
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July 30, 2025
VP Says Management Co. Still Owes $178K Of Bonus
A workforce and performance management company still owes its executive vice president of engineering and solutions about $178,000 of a bonus, according to a lawsuit in Georgia federal court.
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July 30, 2025
Moncler Faces Don-Doff PAGA Suit
A former Moncler employee has slapped the luxury fashion brand with a Private Attorneys General Act suit in California state court, claiming it shorted them by not paying for time spent getting into and out of uniforms and undergoing bag checks before starting their shifts.

FedEx Calls Push For Joint Employer Ruling A 'Diversion'
FedEx did not have the level of involvement in two delivery drivers' jobs to be considered their joint employer, it told a Pennsylvania federal court, saying their bid to hold the company responsible for overtime they said went unpaid was "an unnecessary diversion."

NYC's Mamdani Brings $30 Minimum Wage To Spotlight
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, has proposed a $30 hourly minimum wage, a move that employment law professionals said could help shift the national conversation about where the wage floor should fall. Here, Law360 explores what the proposal means for the national wage floor debate.

Wage & Hour Features Revisited: State Debates, DOL Changes
From a look at policy changes at the U.S. Department of Labor to the perils of "bossware," catch up on Law360 Employment Authority's wage and hour coverage from July.
Expert Analysis
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Texas Med Spas Must Prepare For 2 New State Laws
Two new laws in Texas — regulating elective intravenous therapy and reforming healthcare noncompetes — mark a pivotal shift in the regulatory framework for medical spas in the state, which must proactively adapt their operations and contractual practices, says Brad Cook at Munsch Hardt.
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4 In-Flux Employment Law Issues Banks Should Note
Attorneys at Ogletree provide a midyear update on employment law changes that could significantly affect banks and other financial service institutions — including federal diversity equity and inclusion updates, and new and developing state and local artificial intelligence laws.
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Mulling Worker Reclassification In Light Of No Tax On OT
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act's no-tax-on-overtime provisions provide tax relief for employees who regularly work overtime and are nonexempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, but reclassifying employees may lead to higher compliance costs and increased wage and hour litigation for employers, says Steve Bronars at Edgeworth Economics.
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7 Ways Employers Can Avoid Labor Friction Over AI
As artificial intelligence use in the workplace emerges as a key labor relations topic in the U.S. and Europe, employers looking to reduce reputational risk and prevent costly disputes should consider proactive strategies to engage with unions, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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What 9th Circ. Cracker Barrel Ruling Means For FLSA Cert.
The Ninth Circuit's decision in Harrington v. Cracker Barrel suggests a settling of two procedural trends in Fair Labor Standards Act jurisprudence — when to issue notice and where nationwide collectives can be filed — rather than deepening circuit splits, says Rebecca Ojserkis at Cohen Milstein.
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How Latest High Court Rulings Refine Employment Law
The 2024-2025 U.S. Supreme Court term did not radically rewrite employment law, but sharpened focus on textual fidelity, procedural rigor and the boundaries of statutory relief, say attorneys at Krevolin & Horst.
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Challenging A Class Representative's Adequacy And Typicality
Recent cases highlight that a named plaintiff cannot certify a putative class action unless they can meet all the applicable requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so defendants should consider challenging a plaintiff's ability to meet typicality and adequacy requirements early and often, say attorneys at Womble Bond.
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What Employers Can Learn From Axed Mo. Sick Leave Law
Missouri's recent passage and brisk repeal of Proposition A, which would have created a paid sick time benefit for employees, serves as a case study for employers, highlighting the steps they can take to adapt as paid sick leave laws are increasingly debated across the country, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.
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Navigating Court Concerns About QR Codes In FLSA Notices
As plaintiffs attorneys increasingly seek to include QR codes as a method of notice in Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions, counsel should be prepared to address judicial concerns about their use, including their potential to be duplicative and circumvent court-approved language, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.
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FMLA Expansion Sees State Progress Despite Federal Barriers
Recent legislative efforts to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act reflect workers' growing demand for work-life balance, but as federal proposals continue to face significant hurdles, states have stepped in, creating a labyrinth of leave laws and compliance headaches for multistate employers, say attorneys at FordHarrison.
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New Law May Reshape Fla. Employer Noncompete Strategy
With Florida's CHOICE Act taking effect this week, employers should consider the pros and cons of drafting new restrictive covenant agreements with longer noncompete or garden leave periods and enhanced enforcement mechanisms, say attorneys at Vedder Price.
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How Ending OFCCP Will Affect Affirmative Action Obligations
As President Donald Trump's administration plans to eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which enforces federal contractor antidiscrimination compliance and affirmative action program obligations, contractors should consider the best compliance approaches available to them, especially given the False Claims Act implications, say attorneys at Ogletree.
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FLSA Interpretation Patterns Emerge 1 Year After Loper Bright
One year after the U.S. Supreme Court's monumental decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, four distinct avenues of judicial decision-making have taken shape among lower courts that are responding to their newfound freedom in interpreting the Fair Labor Standards Act through U.S. Department of Labor regulations, say attorneys at Kutak Rock.