Wage and Hour, State Labor Laws, Interstate Commerce

AI and Employment

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 5/27/2025

When evaluating where artificial intelligence has had the most impact, many think of their personal use of AI or the integration of AI into many consumer applications. The use of AI in the employment context is on the back...more

Federal Agency Gives Notice That It May Reverse Course on Its Own Preemption Determination for California and Washington Meal and...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/22/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration determined only a few years ago that federal law preempts California’s and Washington’s meal and rest period rules. Regardless of what would happen in the...more

Uber Drivers Cannot Bring Class Action for Employment Claims

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 5/4/2023

In a matter of first impression, a panel for the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a judgment of the District Court of New Jersey in Singh v. Uber Techs., Inc. (April 26, 2023), compelling arbitration in a...more

Colorado’s Pay Transparency Law Survives Preliminary Injunction: Next Steps for Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/30/2021

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act went into effect on January 1, 2021. The act creates significant compliance burdens for employers with even one employee in Colorado....more

Can the Dormant Commerce Clause Shield Airlines from Applying State Wage-and-Hour Laws to Employees who Fly Predominately Outside...

Stinson LLP on 3/25/2021

Airlines are creatures of interstate and international commerce: roaming the skies and crossing territorial boundaries to deliver passengers and cargoes to destinations not cabined by state lines. To avoid unfair application...more

California’s Wage Statement Law Applies to Interstate Transportation Workers

BCLP on 2/8/2021

On February 2, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that affects all California employers that employ interstate transportation workers. In Ward v. United Airlines, the court held that federal law did...more

Airlines Association Files Another Lawsuit Challenging Massachusetts Paid Sick Leave Law

Polsinelli on 4/12/2018

On April 4, 2018, Airlines for America, a trade association and lobbyist organization for U.S. airlines, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts against the Massachusetts Attorney General challenging the state’s...more

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