September 28, 2026
A New York federal court's finding that the state wage and hour law incorporates federal exceptions to pay for pre-shift time deviated from the decisions of a handful of state high courts and lays a path for Empire State justices to weigh in, attorneys said.
September 16, 2026
Target won't have to face a proposed class action accusing it of shorting warehouse workers for time spent walking to and from their time clocks, after a New York federal judge found Wednesday that state wage law incorporates federal restrictions that make the pre- and post-shift travel noncompensable.
August 21, 2026
This week, a New York federal judge will consider Target's bid to dismiss a proposed class action brought by warehouse employees who claim the company must compensate them for the time they spend walking to and from their departments before and after their shifts. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in the Empire State.
August 27, 2025
Target didn't pay its warehouse employees for time spent walking to and from their assigned areas where they must clock in and out for shifts, amounting to between $1,000 and $2,000 per year in unpaid wages for each worker, according to a proposed class action in New York federal court.