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August 01, 2024
The crude oil that a worker transported travels outside of Texas and thus is part of an interstate trip, the Fifth Circuit ruled, flipping a district court's decision that the Motor Carrier Act exemption didn't apply to a transporter who sought unpaid overtime.
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August 01, 2024
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that ride-hail drivers bringing claims under the state's Private Attorneys General Act lack standing to intervene in a separate case that reached a settlement.
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August 01, 2024
A realty group in Texas paid more than $150,000 in back wages and damages for misclassifying 37 workers, the U.S. Department of Labor announced.
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July 31, 2024
A Nevada federal court has rejected a $335 million deal that would end claims from mixed martial arts fighters accusing Ultimate Fighting Championship of suppressing their wages, setting up a potential trial later this year.
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July 31, 2024
A Washington state court rejected a hospital system's attempt to undo its nearly $230 million loss in a class wage and hour case, ruling Wednesday that jurors reasonably relied on expert damages calculations, while also signing off on a roughly $70 million attorney fee award for class counsel.
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July 31, 2024
A decision from the U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board to debar a painting contractor in Minnesota is sustained, a federal judge ruled, saying the company didn't show how the agency abused its discretion with its order over allegedly unpaid prevailing wages.
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July 31, 2024
A Colorado federal judge has declined to consolidate two collective wage actions against DaVita Inc., saying she is skeptical of a former nurse's arguments that the parallel cases would create extra expenses for the parties, and the judge is reluctant to halt one case to wait for the other to catch up.
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July 31, 2024
A group of Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would overhaul civil rights law and eliminate the tipped minimum wage, re-upping a yearslong effort to expand protections that advocates say are crucial to filling in gaps and loopholes in current statutes.
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July 31, 2024
A worker who claimed that one of the country's largest chicken producers misclassified her as overtime-exempt told a Colorado federal judge she reached a settlement with the company to end her proposed collective action.
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July 31, 2024
A California federal judge has given an initial stamp of approval to a $300,000 settlement between a mortgage company and a class of its employees, ending claims that the company failed to pay hourly wages or provide meal and rest breaks.
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July 31, 2024
A school district in New York violated federal law when it refused to fairly pay a teacher after he took time off to serve in the Army National Guard, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a new lawsuit.
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July 31, 2024
Massachusetts state court judges refereed a damages dispute between a real estate titan and a Big Four consultant, ruled in favor of allegedly underpaid healthcare workers and untangled a defamation suit over a labor executive's old social media posts, among other notable rulings during the month of July.
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July 31, 2024
The Fourth Circuit upheld a Baltimore gas company's win over a former mechanic's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully terminated for taking medical leave because of a diabetes-related condition, ruling Wednesday that suspicions of dishonesty provided a credible reason for letting him go.
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July 31, 2024
Two construction workers' suit claiming a company didn't pay them overtime can head back to a New York federal court, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday, saying that the duo supported their claims that the entity was their employer.
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July 31, 2024
Delaware's Supreme Court has affirmed a ruling that an entity that invests in tech companies waited too long to try to arbitrate a manager's legal fee advancement suit, rejecting a "half-hearted suggestion" that it was unaware of an arbitration provision until "its third set of counsel" joined the case.
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July 31, 2024
An Indiana diner that retaliated against workers cooperating with a U.S. Department of Labor probe into its pay practices settled with the agency, according to court papers filed Wednesday.
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July 31, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed an 8-year-old suit by Uber Black drivers claiming the ride-sharing company misclassified them as independent contractors, saying the case lost hope of a resolution after two unsuccessful trials and a trip to the Third Circuit.
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July 31, 2024
Levi Strauss trimmed but couldn't fully dodge a former marketing director's suit claiming she was passed over for promotions in favor of male or younger colleagues, when a California federal judge ruled that a jury needs to determine whether bias caused her career trajectory to stagnate.
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July 31, 2024
A carpet cleaning and restoration company in Marietta, Georgia, faces a proposed class action lodged by a former employee who claims it failed to pay overtime as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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July 31, 2024
Evolving state laws and court precedents are making an impact on where a multistate employer may be sued, taking on new prominence as a trend of restricting collective actions to individuals who worked in the states where the cases were filed spreads across federal circuits, attorneys told Law360.
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July 31, 2024
The Michigan Supreme Court put back in place higher minimum wage and broader paid sick leave laws on Wednesday, finding the laws were unlawfully amended by the state Legislature in a controversial move to keep a $12 minimum wage law off the ballot.
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July 30, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission is formally seeking a temporary block against Kroger's proposed purchase of Albertsons, arguing in an Oregon federal court brief unsealed Tuesday that the planned divestiture of 579 stores to a "failed" supermarket boss won't adequately protect consumers or union labor facing dramatically increased concentration.
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July 30, 2024
The Teamsters urged a California federal judge to dismiss for good a suit by United Airlines workers seeking the formula the union and the company have used to calculate semiannual raises, saying the amended complaint remains deficient and late.
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July 30, 2024
The human resources director and the commissioner of the Massachusetts office in charge of public construction are entitled to sovereign immunity under the state's wage act, a Massachusetts intermediate-level appeals court ruled, affirming a trial court's decision to toss a suit from the office's former general counsel.
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July 30, 2024
A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday granted Creative Artists Agency's motion to toss "Empire" star Terrence Howard's claims alleging the talent agency's conflicting interests led him to accept a salary below industry standards, but gave him another chance to amend the claims to address issues over the statute of limitations.