Wage and Hour, Collective Bargaining, Timekeeping

Germany’s New Coalition Agreement Impacts Labor Law and Social Policy: 10 Key Takeaways for Employers

Fisher Phillips on 5/16/2025

Germany’s recent federal election signaled a shift in the country’s politics – and employers will surely feel the impact. The center-right Christian Democratic Union and its sister party, the Christian Social Union, won the...more

E-Sports: How Employers Can Solve Human Problems in a Digital World

Fisher Phillips on 10/6/2021

While you can debate all you want on whether e-Sports is a “real” sport (or if PC is better than console), this colossal global market of video game competition is currently valued at $1.08 billion dollars – and is definitely...more

9 FAQs About De Minimis Doctrine After Troester v. Starbucks

Payne & Fears on 10/19/2018

In Troester v. Starbucks Corporation, the California Supreme Court recently held that the federal de minimis doctrine does not apply to claims for unpaid wages under the California Labor Code. As a follow-up to our recent...more

Key California Employment Law Cases: June 2018

Payne & Fears on 7/23/2018

This month’s key California employment law cases are from the California Supreme Court and from the California Court of Appeal. Janus v. American Fed’n of State, County, and Mun. Employees, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448...more

FLSA Questions After Hurricane Harvey

Fisher Phillips on 8/28/2017

Affected employers will have a variety of wage-hour questions in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The number and scope of the issues raised might well be practically endless. Here we address in very general ways the federal...more

Court Decertifies Class Challenging Timekeeping Practices

BakerHostetler on 2/28/2017

Yogi Berra often has been quoted for the phrase “It ain’t over till it’s over,” and Lenny Kravitz even made a hit song of it in 1991. While no one will likely ever make a popular song out of Rule 23, the phrase applies just...more