In an earlier post, we analyzed the Supreme Court’s holding in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, which held that employers may include in employment agreements arbitration provisions that require employees to arbitrate their disputes individually rather than through a collective [...]
A federal judge has struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended overtime eligibility to more than 4 million white collar workers. As discussed in our prior post, the new rule would have dramatically narrowed the “executive, administrative, [...]
On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor published a new final overtime rule that will take effect on December 1, 2016, and which is expected to extend overtime pay eligibility to approximately one in five U.S. workers who [...]
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, No. 14-1146, a wage-and-hour dispute brought by a class of employees at a meat processing plant. Tyson appealed from the jury verdict in favor of the [...]
Just last month, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the second of its kind to reject the Department of Labor's six-factor test for analyzing whether an individual qualifies as a lawfully unpaid intern or an employee entitled to pay [...]
