News & Analysis

The Fifth Circuit recognized that parties may privately settle and release wage claimsthat include a bona fide dispute as to liability.

Tacoma is now the third city in Washington State, joining Seattle and SeaTac, to require that employers provide a paid leave benefit.

Federal agencies have released their spring regulatory agendas, offering significant clues as to where the administration is headed in the months to come.

Are drivers of a motor carrier who rarely or never drive the carrier's interstate routes covered by the motor carrier exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act?

On May 5, 2015, Secretary of Labor Perez announced that the DOL has submitted the proposed changes to the overtime regulations to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval.

On April 20, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that internal complaints to an employer are now protected from retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

A new DC law represents another layer in a regulatory scheme already aimed at preventing wage secrecy.

Following the February 26, 2015 implementation of the District of Columbia's Wage Theft Prevention

Effective April 1, 2015, a new Wage Theft Ordinance imposes specific wage and tip notice requirements