CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina federal district court ruled that a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) suit against the City of Charleston may proceed. The suit was filed in 2013 by six Charleston firefighters who allege that the city’s application of a “fluctuating workweek” schedule violates FLSA by failing to properly compensate the firefighters […]
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals assessed large monetary sanctions against DOL in an overtime suit that the agency brought against Gate Guard Services, a company that contracts with oil companies to provide gate attendants for remote drilling sites, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The attendants apparently remain […]
ATLANTA — The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided not to adopt the approach by the U.S. Department of Labor in evaluating whether interns should be considered employees under the protection of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). A suit brought by a group of student nurse anesthetists who allege that an anesthesiology practice in […]
CHICAGO — A group of police officers employed by the Chicago Police Department Bureau of Organized Crime previously filed an overtime lawsuit against the agency for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The case failed to settle and is now at the first stages of trial. The case is one in a line […]
NEW YORK — Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, a large law firm based in New York, requested a federal court to rule on whether the firm would be considered an employer of a temporary attorney. The temporary attorney had sued the law firm along with his legal staffing firm Tower Legal Staffing Inc. […]
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of trainees who filed a suit against their employer, Vector Marketing Corp, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have received class certification from a federal district court in California. The class consists of around 45,000 employees in five states. After the court conditionally certified the collective action, […]