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Rest and Meal Break Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Appeals

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No such thing as a free lunch (break): Don’t let unclear policies cost you

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Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against a healthcare management company for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The lawsuit claimed that the company improperly deducted 30...more

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Wisconsin Employers Don’t Owe Employees Who Voluntarily Cut Their Meal Breaks Short

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed that Wisconsin wage and hour law does not permit employees to game the system with respect to full and free meal breaks. Wisconsin, like many other...more

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Key California Employment Law Case Summaries: September, October, and November 2022

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Summary - Where an employer can and does track the exact time in minutes that its employees work each shift, and those records show that employees were not paid for all the time they worked, neutral time rounding is not a...more

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Class Actions Quarterly Update: Labor and Employment - September 2021

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Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, 2021 WL 2965438 (July 15, 2021) - On July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision, Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, regarding the rate at which premium...more

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Update on Key Issues for Motor Carriers Involving Independent Contractors

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This Holland & Knight Transportation Blog post provides an update on several developments of interest that impact motor carriers and their logistics operations. FMCSA Meal and Rest Break Rule Preempts California's "ABC...more

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Key California Employment Law Cases: March 2018

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This month’s two key California employment law cases are both significant decisions involving wage and hour laws. Alvarado v. DART Container Corp. of Cal., 4 Cal. 5th 542 (2018) - Summary: California formula for...more

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Short Rest Breaks are Compensable Under the FLSA

This month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires employers to compensate employees for all rest breaks of twenty minutes or less....more

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California Employment Law Notes - March 2017

Victoria Zetwick, a county correctional officer, alleged that the county sheriff created a sexually hostile environment in violation of Title VII and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act by, among other things,...more

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Opt Ins are Out (of Luck) Appealing Decertification

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With all the drama of a get-away chase, the Third Circuit recently brought to a screeching halt plaintiffs’ counsel’s elaborate maneuvers to end run repeated decertification of their FLSA actions, and held as a matter of...more

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