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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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FLSA FAQ: Properly Compensating Employees for On Call Time
Recently, we discussed the issue of a call center employer who took deductions for employees’ “idle time” while on duty,…
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Department of Labor Ramps Up Outreach To Retailers’ Employees
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Department of Labor (DOL) released an ominous blog post for employers, as they tend…
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Playing with FLSA Fire: Lawsuit over Call Center’s Aggressive “Idle Time” Deductions Proceeds
Recently, the federal district court in Minnesota allowed a collective action filed by call center employees to proceed in an…
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Pre-Shift Safety Meetings Not Compensable Under FLSA After Integrity Staffing, Says Court
We seem to have talked quite a bit lately about the Supreme Court’s interpretation of “integral and indispensable” activities under the Portal-to-Portal…
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FLSA FAQ: Commuting in an Employer-Provided Vehicle
In the second installment of this “employee travel” series yesterday, I outlined the somewhat nebulous standard of a “normal” commute under the…
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FLSA FAQ: Employee Travel Time: Commuting
Over the years in different industries, there are times that, like Johnny Cash, I’ve felt like I’ve been everywhere, particularly…
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FLSA FAQ: Employee Travel Time: The General Rules
Throwback Wednesday doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, but I’m going for it anyway. One of the best…
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Ninth Circuit’s FLSA Pre Shift Activity Decision Shows Value of Integrity Staffing Standard
Last month, I mentioned that the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Integrity Staffing v. Busk has its limits. That does…
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Rounding Time Entries: The High Stakes FLSA Poker Game
Do you remember this indie, middling box office success starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton about high-stakes poker? In short,…
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