Court Opinions
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Stop Rounding Time Entries!
Back in 2015, we did a series of posts on automatic meal break deductions and rounding time entries. Rounding happens…
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State Appeals Court Clarifies Unlimited Paid Time Off Policies in California
COVID-19-induced challenges and the resulting work-life balance changes have cut into the time I have had available for posts, but…
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EEOC Pay Data Saga Ends (For Now), but was “Component 2” Ever an Answer to Systemic Pay Discrimination Issues?
This morning, my LinkedIn feed was full of messages and alerts about the end of the EEOC’s collection of pay…
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Looking Back: Encino Motorcars v. Navarro One Year Later
Until last April, the Supreme Court had construed Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemptions “narrowly.” For example, just 7 years…
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FLSA Minimum Wage, Overtime Lawsuits Set New Record in 2015, Filing Growth Continues
Welcome back! If you missed them over the holiday week, you will want to check out our series on 2016’s Pay…
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Police Officers’ Off-the-Clock BlackBerry Use Suit Carries Lessons for All Employers
Last week, a federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois ruled against a group of Chicago police officers who…
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Captain Obvious Issues Most Obvious FLSA Decision of 2015 (So Far…)
We have roughly two and a half weeks left in 2015, so I can’t officially call this decision the most…
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State Supreme Court Considers Whether Employers Can Contractually Shorten Time for Employment Claims
On Tuesday, I watched the webcast of Rodriguez v. Raymours Furniture before the New Jersey Supreme Court where the court considered…
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Fourth Circuit Reminds Employers to Draft Handbooks, Other Wage and Hour Policies Carefully
Many employers take their employee handbooks and policies for granted, or at least let them collect dust. Written correctly, a…
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New Federal Transportation Bill May Bring Meal and Rest Break Relief to Employers
UPDATE: Amendment 783 was cut out of the final bill in conference. As you may have heard, the House has passed…
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