Home care provider isn’t entitled to overtime 
Published: May 17, 2012
Tags: overtime, wage and hour
An employee hired to provide in-home care for an elderly woman was not entitled to overtime, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing a $123,000 judgment.
Pharmaceutical reps aren’t entitled to overtime
Published: May 10, 2012
Tags: fair labor standards act, overtime
Pharmaceutical companies did not violate federal wage and hour law by classifying their sales representatives as administrative employees ineligible for overtime, the 7th Circuit has ruled.
Health club employee not bound by arbitration clause
Published: January 27, 2012
Tags: arbitration, fair labor standards act, FLSA, overtime, wage and hour
A health club employee suing for unpaid overtime was not bound by an arbitration clause in his employee handbook, the 5th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Guards with supervisory duties may get overtime
Published: January 10, 2012
Tags: fair labor standards act, overtime, wage and hour
Private security guards whose duties included supervising subordinates were not necessarily exempt from federal overtime requirements, the 10th Circuit has ruled.
Insurance adjusters may not be entitled to overtime
Published: January 9, 2012
Tags: fair labor standards act, overtime, wage and hour laws
Insurance adjusters may be exempt from state overtime requirements, the California Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Rule extends minimum wage, overtime to home care workers
Published: January 4, 2012
Tags: fair labor standards act, home care workers, minimum wage, Obama, overtime
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has issued an administration order providing minimum wage and overtime protections to nearly 2 million home care workers.
Worker can’t get overtime for pre-shift activities
Published: December 16, 2011
Tags: fair labor standards act, overtime, Portal-to-Portal Act
An hourly employee was not entitled to overtime for pre-shift work that her supervisors did not know she was performing, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Banquet hall sales managers can’t get FLSA overtime
Published: November 30, 2011
Tags: fair labor standards act, overtime
Sales managers for a company that operates banquet halls were “administrative employees” exempt from federal overtime requirements, the 1st Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Construction worker ineligible for FLSA overtime
Published: November 23, 2011
Tags: fair labor standards act, overtime
A Florida construction worker was not eligible for overtime under either the individual or enterprise coverage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the 11th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Social workers eligible for overtime under FLSA
Published: September 15, 2011
Tags: fair labor standards act, overtime, Tenth Amendment, wage and hour
Social workers employed by a state are not “professionals” exempt from federal overtime requirements, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
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