September 29, 2021
The full Third Circuit on Wednesday denied a Pennsylvania county's request for it to reconsider a panel decision that left open the question of whether deputy coroners are overtime-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
August 31, 2021
The Third Circuit has laid out criteria for evaluating whether staffers of elected officials are exempt from Fair Labor Standards Act requirements, ruling in a precedential opinion that a Pennsylvania federal judge incorrectly found that the exception barred overtime pay claims against a county from current or former deputy coroners.
March 10, 2021
Former deputy coroners in a rural Pennsylvania county asked the Third Circuit on Wednesday to bring back their lawsuit seeking overtime pay, arguing they didn't serve as "personal staffers" of the elected medical examiner who were exempt from federal wage law protections.
February 26, 2021
Employment law cases dominate the March oral argument schedule for the Third Circuit, which will consider appeals by an ex-AT&T manager seeking to revive her workplace bias claims and by a Pennsylvania transit contractor and deputy medical examiners fighting to undo defeats in overtime lawsuits.