The U.S. Department of Labor was well within its purview to codify wage protections for tipped workers, a group of progressive workplace advocacy organizations told the Fifth Circuit, urging the a...

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. ...

A paratransit services driver must arbitrate his wage-and-hour claims against California Transit Inc. because federal law applies, making the class action waiver he signed enforceable, a Californ...

On July 7, 2022, Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the “Healthcare Workers Minimum Wage Ordinance” (“Ordinance”) which, effective August 13, 2022, increases the minimum wage to $25 per hour for healthca...

When drafting employment separation or severance agreements, it is relatively common to include non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions in the documents. The notion is that in return for ...

Seattle's new App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance means that starting in 2023, gig economy businesses with 250 or more contract workers must ensure all app-based delivery drivers working in...

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC expanded its Birmingham, Alabama, office, by adding an attorney with more than 30 years' experience practicing labor and employment law who joined the ...

Since the arrival of a new warden at Federal Medical Center, Carswell in May, allegations of staff misconduct at the federal women’s prison have increased. Corruption, misconduct and malfeasance ...

The Ninth Circuit's refusal to dismiss wage and hour claims against Walmart as unmanageable highlighted that suits under California's Private Attorneys General Act, which lets workers sue to enfor...