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Ex-CBS Reporter Says She Should Not Have Been OT Exempt - Law360
her as a creative professional to get out of paying her overtime wages required under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Peter Hoogerwoerd of Remer & Georges-Pierre PLLC, who represents former rep...
Read moreDelivery Drivers Get Win In Car Reimbursement Suit - Law360
A pizza restaurant should have followed U.S. Department of Labor guidelines to reimburse a pair of delivery drivers for their expenses, a Michigan federal judge ruled Thursday, handing their worke...
Read morePush to raise minimum wage, expand gender pay gap protections fails in committee - cenlanow.com
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Lawmakers made a push to increase the state minimum wage with four different bills Thursday, but all were denied in committee. Businesses said the cost would be detri...
Read morePush to raise Louisiana minimum wage, expand gender pay gap protections fails in committee - WGNO New Orleans
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Lawmakers made a push to increase the state minimum wage with four different bills Thursday, but all were denied in committee. Businesses said the cost would be detri...
Read morePush to raise minimum wage, expand gender pay gap protections fails in committee - KLFY
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Lawmakers made a push to increase the state minimum wage with four different bills Thursday, but all were denied in committee. Businesses said the cost would be detri...
Read moreScheer Court Upholds Plaintiff-Friendly Whistleblower Standard - The National Law Review
In Scheer v. Regents of the University of California, the Second District Court of Appeal held that the McDonnell-Douglas burden-shifting framework applies to claims asserted pursuant to Health &...
Read moreUnions, States Ask 10th Circ. To Back Contractor Wage Hike - Law360
contractors' minimum hourly wage to $15, telling the court a federal judge rightly shot down a group of Colorado outdoor adventure companies' request to block the policy. The coalition, which inc...
Read moreThe Impact on Employers of the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act” - JD Supra
On March 3, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (H.R. 4445; referred to here as “EFAA”). The EFAA, which Congre...
Read moreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That Wages Due Solely Under the Federal Overtime Statute (FLSA) Are Not Trebled Under the Massachusetts Wage Act - JD Supra
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) – Massachusetts’ highest court – recently held in Devaney v. Zucchini Gold that employees who prove only a violation of the federal Fair Labor Sta...
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President Lee Orders Stern Response to False Claims Regarding Brazilian Egg Imports - news.sbs.co.kr
President Lee Jae-myung speaks at a Cabinet meeting held at Cheong Wa Dae on October 13. President Lee Jae-myung called for a stern response to the spread of false information regarding eggs rece...