Wage and Hour, Back Pay, Unpaid Overtime

What lies beneath. Three wage and hour dangers you may never see coming.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 3/13/2025

On January 19, a federal district court in Arkansas paved the way for a jury to decide whether 2,000 employees were entitled to recover unpaid overtime for all weeks in which they worked more than 40 hours, while having...more

Labor Department Announces Double Damages Reprieve For Employers

Fisher Phillips on 6/26/2020

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

What Damages Can an Employee Recover in a Lawsuit from an Arizona Employer?

Jaburg Wilk on 12/8/2016

If an employee or former employee sues, they may be entitled to many different types of damages which could amount to a substantial amount. However, that is not always the case. The different kinds of damages an employee can...more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: September 2016

Zelle LLP on 9/7/2016

Last week, it was reported that 10,000 Chipotle workers have joined the class action against the Tex Mex chain for unpaid wages, claiming Chipotle routinely made them work off the clock. That’s roughly one in five Chipotle...more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: August 2016 #5

Zelle LLP on 8/29/2016

Last week, we were reminded of the impact of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division enforcement activities. The agency announced that National Freight, Inc. will pay more than $1,000,000 in back wages to 359 workers...more

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

McAfee & Taft on 3/25/2016

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