by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Dec 9, 2015 | Employment Law, Katelynn Williams, Wage and Hour Law
Big companies have been imposing mandatory individual arbitration on consumers and employees for years. But the corporate motivation behind individual arbitration and its detrimental impact on individuals’ pursuit of justice is just now being brought to light (see...
by Timothy Maynard | Oct 28, 2015 | Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
Yesterday, Good Morning America featured a story about a lawsuit brought against the Milwaukee Bucks which alleges that the NBA franchise failed to pay their dancers minimum and overtime wages in violation of federal and state law. The lawsuit has been brought by...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Sep 14, 2015 | Katelynn Williams, Wage and Hour Law
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 is exempt from overtime” has garnered a lot of media attention. (2) At the heart of the DOL’s...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Aug 6, 2015 | Firm News, Summer Murshid, Wage and Hour Law
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, Director of the Labor Standards Bureau for the Department of Workforce Development to present on Wage and Hour...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Jul 22, 2015 | Caitlin Madden, Wage and Hour Law
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 health-related services as well as social engagement and other support that allows their clients to live at home...
by Timothy Maynard | Jul 1, 2015 | Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
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 this week, the Department of Labor announced the details of its proposed rules. If...
