Wage and Hour, Employment Policies, Collective Actions

7th Circuit “Opts In” to the Evolving Collective Action Debate

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/7/2025

Just this week, in Richards v. Eli Lily & Co., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the third circuit to depart from the long-standing Lusardi standard for distributing notice to potential plaintiffs in collective...more

[Event] Workplace Horizons 2025 - April 30th - May 2nd, New York, NY

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/20/2025

The leading educational and networking conference — from the premier firm for employment + labor law - Join us at Workplace Horizons 2025, where attorneys, in-house counsel and HR leaders come together to share and solve...more

Supreme Court unanimously rejects heightened burden for employer to prove overtime exemption under FLSA

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/24/2025

In overtime litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the employer has the burden of proving that an employee is exempt. However, the degree of proof required was not decided until the Supreme Court spoke last week....more

Could Barring Former Employees From Your Premises Lead To A Lawsuit?

Fisher Phillips on 9/8/2017

Hospitality employers open to the general public should be aware of a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with implications across the industry. In a 2-to-1 decision, the NLRB ruled that a hotel and...more

Overtime Class Actions Gaining Traction in Canada: Is the Oil Patch Next?

Bennett Jones LLP on 11/22/2016

On October 12, 2016, a former GoodLife personal trainer filed a class action lawsuit for $60 million in damages under Ontario's Class Proceeding Acts, 1992. The proposed class members include current and former non-managerial...more

In Drafting Company-Issued Device And BYOD Policies, Don’t Forget The Wage And Hour Issues.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 10/14/2015

I’ve been holding my breath waiting for the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Chicago in the Allen v. City of Chicago overtime collective action before giving you a blog post on this case. The...more

Doing the “Two Step”: Court Grants Stage One Conditional Certification Of EPA Collective Action

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/9/2015

In a case we previously blogged about here where the Court refused to grant Plaintiffs’ request for equitable tolling on their claims under the Equal Pay Act (“EPA”), Magistrate Judge Michael Dolinger recently issued a...more

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