Tag:Fair Labor Standards Act

Au Pair Class Action Settles

In early January, Denver legal nonprofit Towards Justice and Boies Schiller Flexner announced they reached a $65.5 million settlement in a class action lawsuit...

Massage School Students Aren’t FLSA Employees, Appeals Court Finds

Had a federal appeals court decided Nesbitt v. FCNH differently, it might have upended the business models of numerous vocational schools and training programs. But...

CU Law School to Honor Alumni

The University of Colorado Law School will celebrate seven alumni and friends of the law school at its annual awards banquet on Thursday, March...

Arbitrability of an Arbitration Agreement

A lawsuit filed to challenge the employment classification of exotic dancers may be on its way to the Colorado Supreme Court.  Judge Raymond Moore in...

FLSA Compliance Shifts Abound in Tip Retention, Overtime Exemption

Between the end of March and the beginning of April, all three branches of government generated significant developments in wage-and-hour compliance. A new amendment...

Colorado Supreme Court Shuts Door on Stale Wage Claims

In a decision that potentially affects all employers and workers in Colorado, the state’s highest court ruled that employees, when fired, can’t seek unpaid...

Rules Unveiled for Speeding up FLSA Cases

Lawsuits over claims of unpaid minimum wage and overtime have filled up federal dockets and often get bogged down in crisscrossing discovery motions. But...

Supreme Court Hears Arguments to Sort Out CWCA

Colorado’s wage claim law has a statute of limitations that reaches back only as far as three years. But courts can’t seem to agree...