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Las Vegas Review-Journal: 3 Casino Dealers Accuse Wynn Las Vegas Of Illegal...
The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that, “[t]hree Wynn Las Vegas dealers are taking their claims of unfair tip pooling to federal court with a new lawsuit that claims the resort’s tip sharing...
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Tyson Foods Found In Violation Of Fair Labor Standards Act In Donning And...
Reuters is reporting that “Tyson Foods Inc., one of the nation’s largest poultry producers, has been found in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at its Blountsville, Ala., facility. The...
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11th Cir.: Receipt And Signing WH-58 Form And Cashing Of The Employer’s Check...
Blackwell v. United Drywall Supply Plaintiffs were employed by Defendants. In September 2007, they sued Defendants pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Plaintiffs alleged that, from 2002...
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Mortgage Loan Officers Do Not Typically Qualify For The Administrative...
Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2010-1 The Wage and Hour Division, under the current Administration, has issued its first Administrative Interpretation Letter. The introductory text of the Letter...
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203(o) Does Not Extend To PPE Worn By Employees That Is Required By Law, The...
Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2010-2 Today, the DOL issued its second Administrative Interpretation of 2010. The subject of this interpretation was the oft-litigated issue of the definition of...
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DOL Issues Proposed Rulemaking Revising Wage Calculations For H-2B Workers
According to a DOL press release just issued: A proposed rule that seeks to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program and better protect American workers has just been promulgated. “The...
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DOL Publishes New FLSA Rules, Rejecting Pro-Employer Changes to Fluctuating...
On April 5, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its updates to its interpretative regulations regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in the Federal Register. to go into effect 30 days...
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DOL Debars Seattle-Based Federal Contractor for Violating Minimum Wage,...
The U.S. Department of Labor has debarred HWA Inc., President John Wood and Vice President Barbara Wood from future government contracts for three years, due to significant and repeated violations of...
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M.D.Ga.: DOL Properly Invoked the “Government Informer Privilege” Where...
Solis v. New China Buffet No. 8, Inc. This case was before the court on defendants’ motion to compel the DOL (“DOL” or “Plaintiff”) to provide complete answers to discovery requests. Specifically,...
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Courts Support DOL Positions re: Tip-Credit Regs and Classification of...
More so than any recent Department of Labor in memory, the DOL’s positions have come under attack by several major industries largely under the battle cry that they amount to unfair or “over”...
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DOL Announces Final Rule Extending Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay to Home...
In an announcement that has long been awaited by workers advocates and those in the home health industry as well, today the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule, to go into...
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D.D.C.: Laborers on Governmental Job, Who Have Exhausted Their Administrative...
Castro v. Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland It has long been the law that generally employees lack the right to bring a private cause of action under the Davis Bacon Act (DBA). Rather, the sole...
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DOL Announces It Will Not Enforce New Regulations Regarding FLSA Rights of...
The Department of Labor’s (Department) October 1, 2013, Final Rule amending regulations regarding domestic service employment, which extends the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and...
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5th Cir.: General Release Obtained By Defendant in Non-FLSA State Court Case...
Bodle v. TXL Mortg Corp. In this appeal, the Fifth Circuit was asked (by the defendant-appellee) to extend its holding in Martin v. Spring Break ′83 Productions, L.L.C., 688 F.3d 247 (5th Cir.2012). In...
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President Obama Announces That Threshold Salary for FLSA’s White Collar...
In an Op-Ed penned by President Obama on the website Huffington Post, the new proposed overtime rules from the administration officially began their roll-out. Most significantly, the new rules more...
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D.D.C.: Revised Regulations re Companionship Exemption Reinstated; DOL Acted...
Home Care Association of America v. Weil This case was before the D.C. Circuit on the Department of Labor’s appeal of a lower court’s decision that held the DOL’s recent amendments to the companionship...
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9th Cir.: Employers May NOT Retain Employee Tips Even Where They Do Not Take...
Oregon Rest. & Lodging Ass’n v. Perez In a case that will likely have very wide-reaching effects, this week the Ninth Circuit reversed 2 lower court decisions which has invalidated the Department...
View ArticleUSDOL Announces the Reinstatement of Issuance of Opinion Letters
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that it will reinstate the issuance of opinion letters, a practice that was widespread under some prior administrations, but which it elected to forego...
View ArticleTrump DOL Announces Proposed Rule for Tip Credit Provisions To Permit...
Although it has long been the law that the owners and managers of restaurants, bars and other businesses employing tipped employees may not keep or share in any portion of tipped employees tips, the...
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