Wage and Hour Law
Asst. Managers Misclassified as “Exempt” from Overtime Pay May Sue for Back Pay
Since the Department of Labor announced new proposed regulations about which employees are entitled to federal law’s overtime pay protections (1), the question of “who...
Murshid To Present on Wage and Hour Compliance, Enforcement and Remedies at the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Health, Labor & Employment Law Institute
On August 20, 2015, Attorney Summer Murshid will team up with Attorneys Keith Kopplin of Ogltree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. and James Chiolino,...
Wage Protection for Home Health Care Workers Awaits Court’s Ruling
Home Health Care: A Growing Industry More and more workers are providing in-home health care to the elderly and disabled. Home health aides provide basic...
Department of Labor’s Proposed Rules May Extend Overtime Benefits to Nearly 5 Million Workers
In late May, Attorney Johnson posted an article foreshadowing the long-awaited revisions coming to the Department of Labor’s regulations on certain overtime pay exemptions. Earlier...
Revised Overtime Exemption Regulations To Be Announced Soon
The Department of Labor has hinted in two recent blog posts (here and here) that its proposed revisions to the white-collar exemption regulations will be...
Barring the Courthouse Door: Employees Harmed by Mandatory Arbitration
An employee’s ability to have legal disputes heard and resolved in a court of law is an important right. Unfortunately, employers have been chipping away...
Wage Theft: Breaking Wage Laws Continues to Be Amazingly Common
Our wage team recently attended the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) wage conference, a biannual opportunity for lawyers who represent employees in wage claims to...
Time Spent Waiting for Tasks During Workday is Compensable
Periods of down-time during the workday are frequent in certain employment settings. For example, a receptionist who reads a book while waiting for the phone...
Some Good News for Victims of Wage Theft
In addition to protecting employees from being cheated out of overtime and minimum wages, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) shields employees from retaliation for...