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Wages & Hours

DOL seeks $400 million for Oracle pay bias

12/12/2019
A federal court in California began hearing testimony Dec. 5 in a lawsuit that claims software giant Oracle underpaid current and former workers by more than $400 million while they worked on government contracts over the course of four years.

Demonstrate good faith on wage claims by seeking advice from your attorney

12/10/2019
If you don’t pay overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act, you may end up owing both back pay plus a penalty equal to the amount you owed. But that’s not all; it could get worse.

McDonald’s pays $26 million for OT violations

12/03/2019
Sometimes, seemingly insignificant wage-and-hour practices can add up to a huge employer liability—especially if they are contested in a class-action lawsuit.

California clarifies rest-period pay and rounding rules

12/02/2019
On Oct. 9, 2019, the California Court of Appeal weighed in on two long-debated wage-and-hour issues in Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC.

California law covers vacation pay disputes, not Fair Labor Standards Act

12/02/2019
The Fair Labor Standards Act sets the federal minimum-wage and overtime rules. Contrary to what many workers seem to believe, it does not guarantee additional wage-related benefits such as vacation or sick-time pay. Employees whose employers provide such benefits can’t sue under the FLSA, claiming they weren’t paid as promised.

Yes, same employee can file several EPA suits

11/07/2019
Can an employee keep coming back to court with a new comparator? The answer appears to be a qualified “yes” as long as the new co-worker comparator arrived on the scene after the earlier lawsuit began.

Rule would allow bonuses for fluctuating workweek employees

11/05/2019
The proposed rule would revise the regulation for computing overtime compensation for salaried, non-exempt employees who work hours that vary each week (i.e., a fluctuating workweek) under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Workers almost never have to pay for mistakes

11/05/2019
When employees make careless errors or don’t follow the simple rules you laid out for them, you might be tempted to make them pay for their mistakes. Don’t do it!

DOL sets record for back pay recovered through enforcement

10/29/2019
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered a record $322 million in wages owed to workers in fiscal year 2019.

60% of employers taking action on pay-equity issues

10/29/2019
Six out of 10 employers surveyed by the WorldatWork nonprofit and the Korn Ferry consulting firm say they are taking action on pay-equity issues, trying to ensure that minority group members and women are compensated as well as white men.