January 10, 2024
Colorado employers need to carefully monitor operations to comply with the state's worker protection laws, as they navigate a recent rule change that may excuse them from paying for employees' time under rare circumstances, attorneys said.
October 24, 2022
A Tenth Circuit ruling that a call center had to pay employees for brief amounts of time spent working before clocking in shined a light on the complicated factors for determining if paying for those minutes is required, attorneys told Law360 at the decision's first anniversary.
November 09, 2021
A student loan company urged the Tenth Circuit to reevaluate a panel decision that found even a small amount of time call center workers spent starting their computers was compensable, saying the ruling is unprecedented and nullifies the de minimis defense.
October 12, 2021
Even a small amount of time call center workers spent starting their computers is compensable, the Tenth Circuit ruled, finding that a student loan company isn't free from its legal obligation to pay them for the pre-shift work they performed.