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November 03, 2025
A group of firefighters for the city of Mesa, Arizona, told a federal court that almost all the work they performed during ambulance shifts did not involve fire protection activities, arguing their wage suit should proceed because they did not fall under an overtime exemption for such activities.
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November 03, 2025
Fisher Phillips announced Monday that it has added four attorneys in California to bolster its employment litigation and appellate practices, including the former leader of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's Los Angeles office.
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November 03, 2025
The owners of a high-end furniture and accessories business shuffled assets and real estate to avoid being subjected to a co-founder's $2.4 million judgment for unpaid wages, according to a lawsuit the co-founder filed in Pennsylvania state court.
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November 03, 2025
A North Carolina inn's breach of contract and negligence counterclaims against two innkeepers are intertwined with the workers' wage and hour claims and not retaliatory, the inn said, urging a federal court to keep the counterclaims in place.
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October 31, 2025
A group of college athletes, whose fight to be recognized as employees was revived by the Third Circuit last year, is urging a Pennsylvania federal court to certify them as a class, saying they meet the necessary criteria.
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October 31, 2025
A logistics company cannot arbitrate a wage suit by two drivers claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, finding there are still open questions about whether the drivers or the company fall under arbitration agreements.
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October 31, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for California Supreme Court oral arguments dealing with whether an employer's "illegible" arbitration agreement is enforceable. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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October 31, 2025
From compliance tips for equal pay audits and a Massachusetts pay transparency law to a breakdown of wage case decisions by the Third and Eleventh circuits, catch up on Law360 Employment Authority's wage and hour stories from October.
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October 31, 2025
A former Microsoft employee hit the tech giant with a discrimination suit in California state court, claiming she faced a barrage of micromanagement and criticism from a newly hostile boss when she returned from maternity leave and was terminated after announcing she would be having a second child.
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October 31, 2025
Costco, a delivery company and a trucking company are liable for more than $868,000 in citations for misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, the California Labor Commissioner's Office found.
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October 31, 2025
A building and grounds maintenance worker ended his suit in California federal court accusing a property management company of failing to pay minimum wage and overtime after a deal that settled the remaining individual claims.
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October 30, 2025
A healthcare nonprofit stiffed workers on pay for off-the-clock work, including time spent booting up computers and logging in to software programs, two former employees alleged in a proposed class action filed in Ohio federal court.
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October 30, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor's leadership team now consists of at least two officials who previously represented challengers to Democratic-era wage and hour rules, signaling the Trump administration's potential approach to the same regulatory issues.
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October 30, 2025
Apple brushed off a former employee's mental and emotional health issues caused by the "intolerable workload" he faced and retaliated against him once he indicated he needed to take time off, the worker said in a complaint in California state court.
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October 30, 2025
Nevada wage and hour laws don't incorporate the Fair Labor Standards Act's exceptions addressing whether preshift work is compensable, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case by a former Amazon fulfillment center associate alleging the e-commerce giant failed to pay workers for time spent in coronavirus screenings.
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October 30, 2025
Meta and Shutterstock struck a deal to end a lawsuit from an ex-executive who claimed male subordinates got millions more than her in retention payments after an acquisition deal, according to a filing in New York federal court.
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October 30, 2025
The operators of an Indianapolis restaurant illegally shared servers' tips with service bartenders, leading to unpaid minimum wage and overtime, a former employee alleged in a proposed class and collective action in Indiana federal court.
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October 30, 2025
Anheuser-Busch has agreed to settle a former shift manager's claims that it misclassified him to dodge overtime obligations, the worker told a Delaware federal court, seeking approval of a $20,000 deal in a suit that was sent to arbitration.
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October 29, 2025
A former Cushman & Wakefield real estate broker claimed in a federal lawsuit Tuesday that she was cheated out of nearly $250,000 in pay after the company slashed her commissions and took away her top account while she was out on maternity leave.
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October 29, 2025
An Ohio federal judge ruled that a healthcare company's contract including a forum-selection clause to send disputes to West Virginia doesn't reach a former nurse's Fair Labor Standards Act claim, keeping his overtime suit in place.
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October 29, 2025
A respiratory therapist has reached a tentative deal in a proposed collective action against a healthcare facility operator accused of manipulating workers' time sheets to pay them less overtime wages, North Carolina federal court records show.
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October 29, 2025
There is still an open question as to whether the government owes liquidated damages, benefits and some back pay to a Department of Veterans Affairs ophthalmologist who claimed she was paid less than male colleagues, a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge found.
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October 29, 2025
U.S. Department of Labor guidance that said a Morgan Stanley deferred compensation plan wasn't protected by federal benefits law ignored court rulings and gives the banking giant an unfair advantage in arbitration proceedings, a trio of ex-employees said in New York federal court.
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October 29, 2025
Trade groups that challenged a Minnesota independent contractor classification law have dropped their lawsuit in federal court after an Eighth Circuit panel had turned down their arguments that the law was unconstitutionally vague.
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October 29, 2025
Capital One will pay $20,000 to end a former learning associate's suit accusing the bank of misclassifying her as overtime-exempt, with a Virginia federal judge signing off on the deal.