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September 01, 2026
A Connecticut woman who alleged she was fired from a Dunkin' franchise after using artificial intelligence to research whether her employer could legally withhold tips has dropped her lawsuit, state court records show.
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September 01, 2026
Private prison operator The GEO Group Inc. urged a Colorado federal judge to split an upcoming trial over allegations that it unlawfully profited from detainee labor, saying financial evidence should either stay out of the case entirely or be reserved for a later phase on the amount of punitive damages.
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September 01, 2026
A California federal judge Tuesday tossed a former wardrobe assistant's remaining employment discrimination claims against singer Lizzo's touring company, finding the plaintiff may have witnessed some "inappropriate and unprofessional" conduct, but it was not sufficiently severe or pervasive enough to create a hostile work environment.
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September 01, 2026
The Tenth Circuit reversed a district court ruling exempting aviation customer service workers from arbitration, finding Tuesday that the lower court misread the Supreme Court's framework for determining when workers fall outside the Federal Arbitration Act by focusing on individuals rather than their job class as a whole.
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September 01, 2026
LVMH urged a New York federal judge to toss eight discrimination, equal pay, retaliation and wage claims brought by a former Stella McCartney executive, arguing its minority investment and ties to the fashion brand do not plausibly make it his employer.
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September 01, 2026
A North Carolina federal court gave an initial green light Tuesday to a $1.6 million class and collective action settlement resolving overtime claims brought by hourly workers against a vehicle modification company, conditionally certifying a nationwide collective and a Virginia state class for settlement purposes.
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September 01, 2026
A production company misclassified production crews as independent contractors, failed to pay full wages, used invoices and attempted to pay one worker through Zelle instead of a payroll system, according to a proposed class and collective action filed in California federal court.
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September 01, 2026
A manufacturing company can't escape a plant manager's Family and Medical Leave Act retaliation suit, a Michigan federal judge ruled, finding the company failed to explain why it chose to fire him and not a colleague in a nearly identical role who was not on medical leave.
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August 31, 2026
DoorDash, Uber and Instacart pushed back against New York City's defense of delivery-worker laws, telling the Second Circuit that the city cannot overcome First Amendment objections to its tipping requirements or federal and state preemption challenges.
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August 31, 2026
Domino's Pizza asked a Washington state court to compel individual arbitration of a former yard driver's proposed class claims alleging the company's conflict-of-interest policy illegally restricted workers from taking second jobs, arguing the worker signed a binding arbitration agreement when he was hired that includes a class action waiver.
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August 31, 2026
Gig companies have succeeded in arguing that food delivery platform requirements violate free speech rights, but they continue to face independent contractor classification lawsuits and mass arbitration from workers and state attorneys general. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Michael Holecek spoke with Law360 about the gig economy’s wage and hour issues.
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August 31, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal court dismissed Monday a wage statement claim brought by mortgage loan officers against PNC Bank, finding the officers could not show that they were harmed by inaccurate pay stubs when their own allegations showed they knowingly underreported their hours at the bank's direction.
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August 31, 2026
A Sixth Circuit panel has upheld a $450,000 punitive damages award for five Guatemalan farmworkers who accused a West Michigan agricultural labor contractor and its owners of trafficking-related and wage law abuses, ruling that the award was constitutionally permissible despite the jury awarding only economic compensatory damages.
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August 31, 2026
A Michigan federal court has granted final approval of a nearly $3.8 million settlement resolving overtime claims brought by current and former hourly production employees at Fiat Chrysler's U.S. facilities, with $1.26 million of that amount going to attorney fees.
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August 28, 2026
A federal proposal to preempt state and local meal and rest break requirements for flight attendants and other flight crew members comes after courts have upheld such requirements, and even after the U.S. Supreme Court did away with deference to federal rules, attorneys said.
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August 28, 2026
A California federal court denied a translation services company's attempt to send a narrow wage statement timing question to the Ninth Circuit before trial, finding the appeal would not meaningfully advance the litigation.
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August 28, 2026
A regional Coca-Cola bottler misclassified a worker as an exempt employee to avoid paying overtime, a new lawsuit in Massachusetts state court alleges.
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August 28, 2026
United Parcel Service Inc. required employees to go through security screenings before work, wouldn't let them clock in until afterward and forced them through another unpaid check before they could leave, two Connecticut warehouse workers claimed in a proposed class action that accuses the courier of withholding earned wages.
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August 28, 2026
A California federal judge has ruled that Victoria's Secret can arbitrate a former employee's proposed wage-and-hour class action, finding the parties' arbitration agreement, signed by the plaintiff, has a class action waiver that demonstrates the intent to resolve disputes via individual arbitration.
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August 28, 2026
This week the Second Circuit will consider the United Auto Workers' challenge to a trial court decision that declined to enforce an arbitration award requiring Ford to rehire a pipefitter it fired just days after reinstating him at an arbitrator's direction. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in the Empire State.
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August 28, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor is repealing longtime regulations that required federal agencies to coordinate protections for migrant and seasonal workers, saying they are obsolete and have not been used for decades.
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August 28, 2026
A Georgia federal judge conditionally certified a nationwide collective of mortgage underwriters claiming they were wrongly classified as exempt from overtime, finding their evidence sufficiently showed they performed similar work under common guidelines and policies.
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August 28, 2026
A class of California aviation ground workers asked a federal court to lift a stay in their wage and hour case, alleging their employer concealed a state court settlement that purports to release a portion of the federally certified class claims while simultaneously asking the federal court to pause proceedings.
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August 28, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a deal to resolve a proposed wage and hour class action against furniture retailer Wayfair. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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August 28, 2026
A former registration specialist for a Colorado hospital ended her overtime suit against the facility after accepting an offer of judgment to resolve her claims that it stiffed workers through meal-break deductions, time rounding and improperly calculated bonuses.