ENCINO, Calif. — Employees who work as service advisers for car dealerships aren’t eligible for overtime pay because they fall within a Fair Labor Standards Act exemption, according to a lawyer for a California auto dealership. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in mid-April in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, where a private car dealership […]
NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Labor has settled a lawsuit that it brought against the owner and general manager of three Mexican restaurants in Ohio and West Virginia for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The three restaurants agreed to pay 67 employees approximately $190,000 in back wages. The defendant, Luis Salas, owned […]
WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. Department of Labor has officially sent its highly anticipated final overtime rule to expand overtime protection to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for final review. The final rule wasn’t expected until July. If approved by the White House, the federal department can publish a final rule. The DOL previously issued […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Toria’s Support Care Services, a home care provide based in Tampa, has violated the minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to investigators from the Tampa District Office of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Toria’s Support Care Services misclassified one maintenance worker and one […]
DALLAS — Personal trainers working at Gold’s Gym locations in Texas are not exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and therefore may seek overtime pay, a federal district court in Texas has ruled. Gold’s Texas Holding Groups Inc., which operates 41 Gold’s Gym locations in Texas, were sued by trainers who receive a […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The operator of five assisted living facilities in San Jose, Calif. owes $443,460 for alleged California law minimum wage and overtime violations, according to a citation announced March 28 by the California Department of Industrial Relations. The company, TJ Homes Corp., must pay 22 caregivers $192,050 in back wages, $150,200 in liquidated […]