Wages, Unpaid Wages, Employment Litigation

MA Wage Act doesn’t cover profit-based incentive pay, judge rules

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/9/2025

A recent decision from a federal court in Massachusetts reinforces the narrow scope of the Massachusetts Wage Act as it applies to incentive pay. In Noreke v. Gideon Taylor Consulting, LLC, decided August 14, the court...more

Furloughs Trigger Employer’s Obligation To Pay Final Wages Immediately

CDF Labor Law LLP on 9/29/2023

A recent Ninth Circuit panel held that Hyatt employees who were “laid off” in March 2020 were entitled to payment of their accrued vacation time immediately, even though the employees were not officially terminated until June...more

Good Faith Defense Precludes Final Pay and Wage Statement Penalties

Venable LLP on 3/24/2023

The California Court of Appeal recently issued an opinion that brings good news to employers in connection with California's draconian penalties for late payment of final wages....more

Rounding Time Entries - Just Don’t Do It

Stokes Wagner on 10/28/2022

On October 24, 2022, the Sixth District issued a decision in in Camp v. Home Depot, handing employees a major win in the wage and hour arena by holding that Home Depot’s practice of rounding hourly employees’ total daily...more

CO Employers Can Forgo Paying Out Unused Vacation Upon Termination

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 11/11/2019

Unused vacation time can represent a substantial liability on the books for many employers. Therefore, the extent to which you can control the payout of unused vacation time upon an employee’s separation from employment is an...more

A Day Late and Potentially Many Dollars Short: NY Appellate Court OK’s Liquidated Damages in Late Payment Case

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/20/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: A New York appellate court recently held that New York employers may be liable for liquidated damages for failure to pay employees on a timely basis, even where the employees have been paid in full....more