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Liquidated Damages Back Pay Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

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DOL Provides Long-Awaited Damages Relief to Employers in Wage and Hour Investigations: 3 Top Takeaways

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The Department of Labor (DOL) just rolled back a Biden-era practice of demanding that employers pay liquidated damages – in an amount equal to back pay – to resolve wage and hour investigations. The Trump administration...more

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Labor Department Announces Double Damages Reprieve For Employers

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The U.S. Department of Labor just announced that, effective July 1, it will not seek liquidated damages in wage and hour investigations against employers as a matter of course. This is a welcome development for those...more

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No More Double the Trouble: DOL Relents on “Automatic” Liquidated Damages

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After enduring a decade or so of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) “automatically” demanding double the amount of back pay in virtually every settlement of a wage and hour investigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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Epic Ruling Gets 2 Sequels: Court Applies New SCOTUS Standard To Wage And Misclassification Claims

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On the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year in Epic Systems Corporation v. Lewis, which held that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) does not bar class or collective action waivers in arbitration...more

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The Epic Sequel: Federal Appeals Court Extends Class Waiver Victory To Wage Claims

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On the heels of the Supreme Court's decision in Epic Systems Corporation v. Lewis, which held that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) does not bar class or collective action waivers in arbitration agreements, the 6th...more

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Tenth Circuit raises the stakes in (already) costly wage and hour litigation

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Wage and hour cases, particularly collective and class actions, are among the most costly employment lawsuits for employers. When an employer arguably is mistaken in how it pays employees overtime, does not pay for hours...more

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Nursing Mother's USDOL Claim Settled

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The U.S. Labor Department reports that a temporary-staffing employee has received $1,152 in back-wages and unspecified "other damages" for what it contended was a violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's Section...more

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