The practical implications of Lundeenv.10 West Ferry Operations d/b/a Logan Inn, are significant and remove a potential ...

The Fair Labor Standards Act was one of the earliest American workplace laws to contain an explicit anti-retaliation provision. Modeled after the anti-retaliation provisions in other New Deal ...

Compliance can be easy, writes Jones Walker partner Sid Lewis, but employers too often fall asleep at the wheel.

On November 25, 2025, a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois laid out claims by warehouse associate Kassandra Dominguez, who says the company failed to pay her, and ...

The Ninth Circuit recently issued an important decision in Hollis v. R&R Restaurants, Inc., clarifying the reach of the Fair Labor Standards ...

The plaintiffs’ bar is homing in on mistakes employers may make in excluding certain bonuses and other payments from workers’ ...

Imagine a nation in which millions of children, some as young as 5, worked. They toiled in coalmines, glass factories and textile mills, some up to 18 hours a day. Imagine a nation in which employers ...

What Is an Exempt Employee? The term exempt employee refers to a category of employees set out in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Exempt employees do not receive overtime pay and do not qualify ...

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Although recent district court opinions may signal a turning of the tide on the court-approval requirement for FLSA actions, the law in this area clearly is in a state of flux. The court-approval ...

Human Resources works with university leadership and departments to ensure compliance with regulations and evaluate the impact on university positions. We will communicate with the proper stakeholders ...