Minimum Wage, Employees, Employment Litigation

Droit de l’emploi au Canada : Changements récents et à venir

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 3/19/2025

Au cours de la dernière année, des changements importants ont été apportés à la législation en matière d’emploi un peu partout au Canada. Des mises à jour législatives majeures ont notamment été effectuées en Ontario, en...more

SCOTUS Confirms Lower Standard of Proof for Employers Claiming FLSA Exemptions

Butler Snow LLP on 2/19/2025

Last month the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) delivered a pro-employer ruling on the standard of proof required under certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, the...more

Monthly Highlights – UK Employment Law – January 2025

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/7/2025

In the first instalment of 2025, our team summarises the latest UK case law and developments in employment law – and their implications for employers. The UK Government has laid new regulations relating to neonatal care...more

U.S. Supreme Court Confirms that Employers Are Not Subject to Heightened Standard in Proving Compliance with Federal Overtime and...

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 1/20/2025

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has been a source of stress for employers since its passage in 1938. It establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping and youth employment standards affecting employees in the...more

Supreme Court Decides E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/16/2025

On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, No. 23-217, holding that the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 requires an employer to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence, rather...more

Littler Lightbulb: August Appellate Roundup

Littler on 9/6/2024

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments in federal courts of appeal in the last month. Fifth Circuit Vacates DOL Tip Credit Rule...more

Sixth Circuit Delivers Uncertainty on Calculating Impact of Driver Costs

Littler on 3/21/2024

When nonexempt employees use their personal vehicles to provide delivery services, how much must their employer reimburse them to ensure that the employees are paid at least the minimum wage required by the Fair Labor...more

Looking Ahead: New California Employment Laws for 2024

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/21/2023

In the past few months, California Governor Newsom has signed numerous new employment laws affecting California employers of all sizes. Below is a summary of some of the laws going into effect in 2024....more

Tips from Seyfarth: Challenge to DOL’s 80/20 Rule Likely to Head Back to the Fifth Circuit

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/1/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: After a remand from the Fifth Circuit, a trial court has upheld the validity of the Department of Labor’s 2021 regulation codifying the 80/20 rule, raising the possibility of another appeal....more

US DOL Wins Latest Battle in War with Restaurant Associations over the Tipped Employee “80/20” Rule

Adams & Reese on 7/26/2023

In Restaurant Law Center et al. vs. US Department of Labor, Case 1:21-cv-01106-RP (W.D. Tex. July 6, 2023), the Texas Federal District Court granted summary judgment in favor of the DOL, upholding the DOL’s December 2021...more

Legal Update: New York City Announces Nation’s First Minimum Wage for App-Based Delivery Drivers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/15/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: In what New York City has billed as the “first-of-its-kind minimum pay rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers,” gig economy delivery workers will be entitled to almost 20 dollars per hour by April...more

Ontario Updates: Minimum Wage to Increase October 1, 2023, and Bill 79 Proposes Amendments to Employment-Related Legislation

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 4/7/2023

On March 20, 2023, the Ontario government announced the introduction of Bill 79, the Working for Workers Act, 2023 (“Bill 79”). If passed, Bill 79 will make several amendments to Ontario’s employment standards and...more

Supreme Court Clarifies a “Day-Rate” Does Not Meet the FLSA “Salary Basis” Test, Even for Highly Compensated Employees

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/16/2023

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (“FLSA”) created the right to a minimum wage and overtime pay. The FLSA also provides exemptions to overtime pay requirements for certain employees. Under the “bona fide executive”...more

[Webinar] Expert Summit for Employment Attorneys: NEW BONUS SESSION: Expert Testimony in Wage and Hour Litigation - March 2nd,...

DCI Consulting on 2/20/2023

Federal and state wage and hour litigation has been an area of concentration for Industrial/Organizational Psychologists for decades. These cases address alleged discrimination in wage-based employment practices such as...more

Eleventh Circuit Concludes that Property Damage Investigators Do Not Fall Under FLSA’s Administrative Exemption

Littler on 7/5/2022

In Fowler v. OSP Prevention Group, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit relied on Department of Labor guidance to conclude that property damage investigators do not qualify for the Fair Labor Standards...more

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