In March of 2014, President Obama issued a Presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to update the regulations regarding exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime requirements. The memorandum indicated that the so-called white collar exemption for executive, administrative, and professional employees has not kept up with the modern […]
NEW YORK — A federal court ruled on June 3rd that a proposed class-action suit against Manhattan nail salon Gypsophila Nail & Spa Inc. can move forward, denying a motion for summary judgment brought by the company. The company claimed in the motion that it was not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) […]
PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court ruled in May that bus drivers who cross state lines on their work routes are exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Motor Carriers Act (MCA). The decision was issued on an appeal filed by a bus driver who worked for Krapf’s Coaches, […]
MIAMI — On June 2, a federal court certified a class of Burger King employees who may now move forward in a class action overtime lawsuit against their company. The court ruled that the employees sufficiently showed that there are other similarly-situated employees who would be able to allege violations of the Fair Labor Standards […]
NEW YORK — A temporary attorney who filed an overtime suit against his law firm, which was dismissed by a federal district court, presented oral arguments in front of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals last May. The plaintiff argued that the document review work he was performing was too menial to qualify as practicing […]
PITTSBURGH — A group of service supervisors for oilfield services company Weatherford International filed a class action suit against the company for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The suit comes after other fracking well operators and suppliers were also hit with FLSA lawsuits earlier in the month, such as Pilot Flying J, […]