Wage and Hour, Damages, Department of Labor (DOL)

New York Enacts Amendment to Limit Frequency of Pay Damages for Manual Workers

Epstein Becker & Green on 5/20/2025

On May 9, 2025, Governor Hochul signed a budget bill into law that includes an amendment (“the Amendment”) to the New York Labor Law (NYLL)....more

Washington State Releases Guidance on New Job Posting Requirements

Perkins Coie on 12/5/2022

In April 2022, we wrote about the upcoming amendments to Washington's Equal Pay and Opportunity Act (EPOA). The EPOA amendments require most employers who engage in business in Washington state to include pay ranges and...more

DOL Curtails Practice Of Seeking Double Damages From Employers In Wage Investigations

Benesch on 6/29/2020

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued new guidance restricting when the government can seek liquidated damages, which double the amount owed by employers, to settle overtime and minimum wage investigations prior to...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

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

Fifth Circuit Fires at the Department of Labor with Colorful, Precedential Prose

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/10/2015

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently slammed the United States Department of Labor with a finding of abusive conduct and ordered an award of significant monetary sanctions for bad faith, harassment, and abusive...more

Wage Hour Claims and Casuto v. Town of Greenwich: The Department of Labor Investigation Is Not The End of The Story

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 5/23/2014

Employers who have been through an investigation by the Connecticut Department of Labor Wage & Workplace Standards Division unfortunately have intimate knowledge of the potential burdens of defending against employee wage...more

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