Store chain to settle overtime class-action suit 
Published: September 13, 2012
Tags: class action, New York, overtime, unpaid wages
Family Dollar says it has reached a preliminary settlement in a class-action lawsuit from more than 1,700 New York store managers on overtime wages.
Working from home: Firms should set guidelines
By:
David Baugher
Published: August 15, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, overtime, practice management, wage and hour
The wired world presents more options than ever for flexible work arrangements. Thanks to the march of mobile technology, attorneys and staff are able to take their offices on the go, working not just from the cubicle, but from the coffee shop, the beach or their own living rooms.
But while technology redefines what’s meant by going to work, it can also create potential problems. Some important guidelines can help firm leaders decide when to allow people to work from home and when it’s better to go the traditional route.
‘Bring Your Own Device’
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: July 26, 2012
Tags: bring your own device, BYOD, data security, employment, employment policy, overtime, wage and hour
WASHINGTON – Employers are increasingly allowing their employees to use their own laptops, tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices for work purposes – and that is creating a plethora of potential legal issues.
Employer didn’t have heightened burden in FLSA case
Published: July 16, 2012
Tags: fair labor standards act, overtime
An employer did not have a heightened burden to prove that an employee fell within an exemption from federal overtime requirements, the 10th Circuit has ruled in reversing a jury verdict.
Home care workers to receive $1 million overtime settlement
Published: July 16, 2012
Tags: assisted living, New York, overtime
Nearly 1,500 women will share $1 million in a landmark class-action case against the nonprofit McMillan’s Home Care Agency.
Justices: No overtime pay for pharma reps under FLSA
Published: June 18, 2012
Tags: Employment Law, fair labor standards act, overtime, Supreme Court
Pharmaceutical representatives who pitch products to doctors are “outside salespeople” under the Fair Labor Standards Act and therefore not entitled to overtime pay, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
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.
