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April 22, 2024
Former Comcast cable installation technicians asked a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday to formally dismiss a proposed class action alleging a subsidiary of the company failed to pay for work completed before and after their shifts and during meal breaks, saying they reached a settlement.
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April 22, 2024
The California Supreme Court on Monday ruled that pretrial detainees who work while in jail are not entitled to minimum wage and overtime claims under California's labor law, finding the state's penal code permitting such work covers nonconvicted individuals.
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April 22, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court tackled Monday whether courts should stay or dismiss suits headed to arbitration, with some justices appearing skeptical of the argument that tossing the suits burdens courts less than pausing litigation.
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April 22, 2024
An Ohio transportation services company will pay $25,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to end a U.S. Department of Labor suit accusing it of stiffing workers on overtime wages, according to court papers filed Monday.
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April 22, 2024
High-end fashion brand Comme Des Garçons asked a New York federal judge to toss recordkeeping claims that a proposed collective of employees brought as part of their suit alleging they were misclassified as managers and denied overtime wages, calling the claims derivative of the overtime allegations.
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April 22, 2024
A Baltimore roofing company will pay $100,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to settle a U.S. Department of Labor suit alleging it denied workers overtime wages, according to court papers filed Monday.
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April 22, 2024
State legislatures around the country are winding down legislative sessions that began in January, bringing newly enacted employment laws into effect in the coming months. From child labor to pay inequality to mandatory overtime, Law360 looks at five state laws that employers will have to comply with.
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April 22, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Amazon's bid to review a Ninth Circuit decision on whether last-mile delivery drivers are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act.
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April 22, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to again examine a carveout to a federal arbitration law for interstate transportation workers, in a case involving baked goods delivery drivers, after already issuing a decision in a similar case.
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April 22, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday passed on reviewing whether Domino's Pizza truck drivers are interstate transportation workers who are exempt from federal arbitration requirements, declining to pave the way for a ruling that could have expanded or narrowed the arbitration carveout.
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April 19, 2024
Uber Technologies and Lyft Inc. asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a California appellate court's decision rejecting their efforts to force into arbitration coordinated litigation alleging they misclassified drivers as independent contractors, saying the Golden State is trying to "create a loophole" in the Federal Arbitration Act.
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April 19, 2024
A Washington state court ruled Friday that workers of a Seattle-area hospital system still have to prove that their employer's timekeeping and meal break policies violated state law, even though an affiliated healthcare system with policies the employees alleged were "virtually the same" was found liable in a similar case.
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April 19, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for the term's final week of oral arguments, during which it will consider several high-stakes disputes, including whether a federal healthcare law can preempt state abortion bans and whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to immunity from criminal charges related to official acts.
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April 19, 2024
A U.S. Supreme Court might have changed the arbitration landscape in suits involving California's Private Attorneys General Act, but Wedbush Securities Inc. still waited too long to try pushing out of court financial advisers' claims, a California state appeals court ruled.
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April 19, 2024
A package courier asked an Ohio federal judge Friday to greenlight an appeal to the Sixth Circuit regarding the decertification of a collective of workers alleging a delivery company misclassified them as independent contractors and denied them overtime pay, saying an appeal could expedite the lawsuit.
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April 19, 2024
A California federal judge identified two issues with a proposed wage and hour settlement between a class of farmworkers and their employer, saying the deal inexplicably releases federal claims that were never filed and the parties haven't formally notified the court of a plaintiff's death.
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April 19, 2024
Rich Reinis, a member of California's newly formed Fast Food Council, said he wants to keep fast food affordable, especially as industry workers now earn a $20 minimum wage. Here, Law360 speaks with Reinis about the council’s future.
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April 19, 2024
This week a New York federal judge will consider a school district's bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Black former technology specialist who claims he was fired after facing discrimination on the job based on his race. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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April 19, 2024
An oilfield services company told a Texas federal judge to send an ex-oil rig worker's unpaid overtime suit into arbitration, saying the workers had signed binding, valid arbitration agreements.
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April 19, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a potential ruling on whether a class of hotel banquet event workers can continue together with wage claims against San Francisco Hilton Inc., in a long-running case that paid a visit to the Ninth Circuit. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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April 19, 2024
An aviation services company ignored work that a former training specialist did outside her scheduled shifts, the worker told a Washington federal court, accusing the company in a proposed class and collective action of owing workers wages.
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April 18, 2024
A Seattle jury said Thursday a Washington-based healthcare system should pay thousands of its employees almost $100 million for its illegal timeclock rounding and meal break practices, an award that's expected to be doubled because a judge has already determined that the company's violations were willful.
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April 18, 2024
Mexican restaurant chain Qdoba will pay $3.8 million to resolve a class action alleging it violated Washington state's pay transparency law when it failed to disclose pay information in job postings, according to a filing in state court.
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April 18, 2024
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a transportation worker arbitration carveout hinges on what workers do, not the industry in which they work, resolved one issue related to the exemption while avoiding others in delivery and ride-hail driver wage and hour litigation, attorneys said.
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April 18, 2024
Three California grocery stores paid more than $472,000 in back wages, damages and fines for denying 60 workers their overtime wages, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday.