The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to review whether an employer owes overtime pay if it did not have knowledge that the worker was putting in the extra hours, avoiding reconsideration of a Fifth Circuit ruling in a wage case against Texas Farm Bureau.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to review a New Jersey Supreme Court holding that Garden State wage and hour protections apply regardless of immigration status means even employers in other states should avoid using a worker's undocumented status to evade wage requirements, attorneys said.
The National Labor Relations Board has upheld an agency judge's decision finding that an Ohio painting contractor unlawfully maintained overly broad work rules, but expressed concerns about how the judge handled a board prosecutor's move to amend the case to include the allegations.