Minimum Wage, Settlement

DOL Ends “Double” Damages in Pre-Litigation FLSA Cases

Polsinelli on 7/16/2025

What you need to know: DOL will no longer seek liquidated (double) damages in pre-litigation FLSA settlements, limiting recovery to unpaid wages. Liquidated damages still apply in court cases, so employers remain at...more

Employers Won’t Face Double Damages from DOL Wage and Hour Division’s Administrative Proceedings

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/9/2025

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has issued new internal guidance that significantly changes its approach to administrative settlements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Field Assistance...more

No Longer Doubling Down: DOL Will Not Seek Liquidated Damages in Wage Claims Before Suit

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/3/2025

The call or visit that no employer wants to receive: a Department of Labor representative asking to look at your payroll records. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) gives the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division...more

California Supreme Court Holds PAGA Plaintiff Lacks Standing to Intervene in Another Plaintiff’s Separate PAGA Action

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 8/8/2024

In a long-awaited decision, the California Supreme Court resolved a split in appellate authority in Turrieta v. Lyft, Inc., holding that a plaintiff who files a claim under the state's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)...more

2023 New York Employment Law Roundup

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 12/15/2023

Although 2023 perhaps did not see the passage of any laws quite as impactful as 2022—which, as employers will recall, included New York State enacting its own pay transparency law (see here) and novel New York City Council...more

Massachusetts AG Reaches $6.8M Settlement with Operator of MGM Casino for Alleged Violations of State Wage and Hour Laws

Troutman Pepper Locke on 11/3/2023

Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell has announced a $6.8 million settlement with the operator of an MGM resort and casino known as MGM Springfield for the entity’s alleged violations of the Massachusetts...more

The Essentials - California Employment Law Update

K&L Gates LLP on 8/1/2022

Highlights of Grande v. Eisenhower Medical Center - In Grande v. Eisenhower Medical Center, the California Supreme Court allowed an employee who sued and settled its case against a staffing agency to move forward with a...more

Turning the Other Cheek(s): Second Circuit Mandates Court Review of Dismissal of FLSA Case Without Prejudice

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/15/2022

What is the right way to dismiss a case the parties have settled, and are FLSA cases different? Typically, when parties to a lawsuit settle a case, they merely alert the court of the settlement and then file a stipulation of...more

NLRB Gives Employers Two Big Gifts This December

Benesch on 12/16/2019

Just before the holiday season, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) provided employers with two big wins. First, on December 13, 2019, the NLRB announced its long awaited final rule to relax the Obama-era...more

Money for Nothing! Court Allows Employees to Pursue Lawsuit Despite DOL Settlement

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/18/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: The majority of courts have held that releases of FLSA rights require approval by a court or the US Department of Labor. A recent case in the Southern District of New York highlights a dilemma employers...more

Hot List – What’s Happening in the California Legislature 5/8-5/12

Fisher Phillips on 5/8/2017

Our weekly California Legislature “hot list” provides you with a preview of the bills that are up (as well as other important legislative action) the following week....more

Sirius XM Settles Wage & Hour Class Action With Unpaid Interns

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 8/24/2015

Earlier this month Sirius XM Radio Inc. settled a wage & hour class action with a class of 1,852 unpaid interns that claimed the company violated federal and state labor laws by failing to compensate them for the work they...more

The Benefits of Settling Employee Wage Claims Through the Department of Labor

Carlton Fields on 1/14/2015

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as construed by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in its extensive regulations promulgated under the Act, governs federal wage and hour law. Where an employer is an enterprise engaged in...more

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