Firm needn’t pay overtime to law clerk 
Published: August 22, 2011
Tags: overtime, wage and hour
A law firm was not required to pay overtime to an employee who had graduated from law school but not passed the bar, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming judgment.
Nonresidents entitled to overtime under state law
Published: July 6, 2011
Tags: class action, overtime, wage and hour
Nonresident employees of a California software company were entitled to overtime under state law for work performed within the state, the California Supreme Court has ruled in answering a certified question from the 9th Circuit.
Pharmacist not eligible for overtime wages
Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: fair labor standards act, overtime, wage and hour
A pharmacist was not entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act because the statutory exemption for professionals was not lost when the employer offered “premium pay” above the pharmacist’s guaranteed base salary as an incentive to work extra shifts, a U.S. District Court in New York has ruled.
Pharmaceutical sales reps can’t get overtime
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 16, 2011
Tags: fair labor standards act, GlaxoSmithKline, overtime
Sale representatives for a pharmaceutical company were not entitled to overtime under federal wage and hour law, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Overtime award not subject to set-off
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 4, 2011
Tags: fair labor standards act, overtime, set off, wage and hour
An employer could not set-off the value of benefits it paid to an employee under her severance agreement against potential damages from her federal overtime lawsuit, the 5th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Security guards win $1.3 million settlement
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 4, 2011
Tags: New York, overtime, security guard, unpaid overtime
Security guards at Madison Square Garden who claimed they had been cheated out of overtime pay have been awarded $1.3 million.
Catholic seminarian can’t bring overtime suit
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: First Amendment, ministerial exception, overtime
The First Amendment bars an overtime lawsuit filed by a plaintiff who entered a Catholic seminary with the intention of becoming a priest, the en banc 9th Circuit has ruled.
Don’t get hit with an overtime claim
By:
Allison McAndrew
Published: November 15, 2010
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2011, employee misclassification, fair labor standards act, FLSA, overtime, paralegals, support staff
As overtime violations surge, even lawyers are falling into the trap of misclassifying their employees – and they are being sued for it.
Call center workers can’t get overtime
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 8, 2010
Tags: fair labor standards act, FLSA, overtime
Call center workers for a weight loss company are not entitled to overtime under federal law, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Service workers may be entitled to overtime
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 1, 2010
Tags: fair labor standards act, interstate commerce, overtime
Workers for local service providers may be entitled to overtime under federal law because their employers have a sufficient nexus with interstate commerce, the 11th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
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