Rest and Meal Break, Collective Actions, Employer Liability Issues

9 Steps Mine Operators Should Take as Overtime Class/Collective Actions Surge Across the Country

Fisher Phillips on 8/12/2025

In recent months, we have seen a substantial uptick in class and collective actions filed against mine operators on behalf of current and former hourly miners (and other hourly field personnel) alleging violations of the Fair...more

FLSA and Wage and Hour Issues for Restaurants

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/14/2021

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state or local wage-and-hour statutes establish federal and state minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements. All restaurants are subject to either the FLSA or state or...more

Lawsuit Alleges Healthcare Workers Should Be Paid for Mandatory Temperature Checks and Health Screenings

Fisher Phillips on 3/24/2021

A Wisconsin-based healthcare worker recently filed a proposed collective and class action complaint against an assisted living facility alleging it required all employees to undergo mandatory temperature checks and complete a...more

Collective Action On Automatic Lunch Deductions Settles: We’ve Seen This Before (Many Times)

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/17/2018

Many employers these days have timekeeping systems that deduct time (e.g. thirty minutes) for lunch on a daily basis. There is an inherent danger in doing this, as employees may claim that they worked through lunch and...more

Plaintiffs’ Bar Targets Healthcare Facilities’ Timekeeping Practices

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/25/2017

Healthcare facilities are increasingly becoming targets of collective action lawsuits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Several recent lawsuits in Texas have challenged timekeeping practices related to meal breaks....more

Paid Breaks Cannot Offset Overtime Obligations

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 10/19/2016

Neither the federal Fair Labor Standards Act nor wage payment laws in place in most states require that employers provide non-exempt employees with paid meal and other breaks. However, employers commonly offer employees paid...more