December 09, 2015
The biggest labor and employment rulings in 2015 show that federal agencies and courts continue to grapple with the employer-employee relationship, a tension attorneys say will only continue as modern advances alter how we view work.
August 20, 2015
The National Employment Law Project and other intern advocacy groups on Wednesday tendered support to unpaid Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. interns in their bid for the full Second Circuit to revisit a decision that they aren't by law employees and that they can't certify a class.
August 17, 2015
Unpaid interns asked the full Second Circuit on Friday to rehear arguments in their bid to sue Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. as a class, claiming an appeals court panel should not have overturned a decision that said Fox violated labor laws by not paying them.
July 02, 2015
The Second Circuit overturned a trial court decision Thursday that granted class and conditional collective action certification to a former unpaid intern in a wage case against Fox Entertainment Group Inc. and upheld a ruling that denied certification in another intern case against the Hearst Corp.
January 30, 2015
The Second Circuit was openly critical of a six-factor U.S. Department of Labor test backed by both the agency and former unpaid interns pursuing closely-watched wage class actions against the Hearst Corp. and Fox Entertainment Group Inc. at oral arguments Friday morning.
January 02, 2015
Employers will be keeping a close eye in 2015 on pending U.S. Supreme Court cases that could be game changers not only for businesses, but for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor and other agencies, as well as legal battles over pay for interns and class waivers in arbitration agreements.
July 14, 2014
Interns should not be covered by federal wage requirements unless the employer primarily benefits from the relationship, Fox Entertainment Group Inc. told the Second Circuit on Friday in a wage suit brought against the company by former unpaid interns.
July 08, 2014
A limited exception for trainees under federal wage requirements does not apply to the unpaid interns who filed a wage class action against Fox Entertainment Group Inc. and performed substantive tasks, the U.S. Department of Labor told the Second Circuit on Monday.
June 30, 2014
A New York federal judge applied the correct test for determining who qualifies as an "employee" under wage-and-hour law when he denied class certification to Hearst Corp.'s former unpaid interns, the publishing company told the Second Circuit.
April 07, 2014
A district court judge used the wrong test for determining who qualifies as an "employee" under wage-and-hour law when he denied class certification to Hearst Corp.'s former unpaid interns, the U.S. Department of Labor told the Second Circuit on Friday.