The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently affirmed a $9.3 million judgment against a medical staffing agency in a Department of Labor (DOL) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) enforcement action alleging nurses...more
8/6/2025
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Bucking the standard that has existed under federal law and in most states for decades, tipped employees in Pennsylvania soon will have to earn more than four times as much in tips before their employers may take a tip credit...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a new proposed rule raising the annual minimum salary requirements for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) “white collar” overtime exemptions (executive, administrative, and...more
Refusing to compensate employees for short breaks is prohibited by the FLSA, the Third Circuit has confirmed. Thus, an employer’s “flexible time” policy, under which employees were not paid if they logged off of their...more