Tag:FLSA

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...

DOL Hints at Unfinished Business in New Regulatory Agenda

In case employers have forgotten, the Department of Labor has some big-ticket regulatory changes in store for them.  The Trump administration on Oct. 17 released...

Basic Employment Rights in a Federally Illegal Industry

As legalization of marijuana expands from state to state, businesses in the industry are constantly feeling out the reach of the federal laws they’re...

Supreme Court Hands Employers Win on Arbitration Clauses

Employers that require workers’ claims against them go to arbitration received big news last week. The Supreme Court held May 21 that an employer’s right...

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...

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...