Articles Discussing Overtime Under The FLSA.

Two years ago, Bloomberg LP settled a $3 million lawsuit that accused the company of failing to pay its workers overtime wages. Now, Bloomberg is once again under fire for illegal payment practices. Heidi Diaz, a former human resources employee at Bloomberg, is the lead plaintiff in the class action,

Aramark Corporation, a food service, facilities, and uniform service provider, faces a class action employment lawsuit. A subsidiary of the company failed to pay overtime wages to employees that have worked more than 40 hours per week, which is a direct violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), an

Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand delivered a decision that found a home care agency and a staffing firm guilty of collaborating to withhold overtime wages. The suit, which was filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2019, accused Elder Resource Management Inc. and Staff Source

Honda worker, Brandon Whatley, has filed a class action lawsuit against the automaker for unpaid overtime wages. Whatley claims that he did not receive overtime compensation after a cyberattack on workforce management company, Kronos, impacted Honda’s timekeeping system. According to an article on Law360, Whatley seeks to represent all former

In a class action lawsuit filed in an Illinois federal court against Allstate, former employee Nadia Ward sues the company for allegedly violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Ward, who has worked for Allstate for approximately nine months, claims she did not receive full compensation for the overtime hours

Last month, private firefighters working for Lockheed Martin Corporation’s plant in Marietta, Georgia filed a lawsuit against their employer in the U.S. District Court for Northern District of Georgia. The firefighters are accusing Lockheed of not paying them their overtime wages and thus violating the Fair Labor Standards Act

Earlier this year, an hourly sales associate sued the operators of two CBD shops in Texas for unpaid overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Jay and Jamie Ashley are the owners and managers of two CBD USA Plus franchises, Sherman Hemp LLC and Ashten LLC.

In May of 2020, the Department of Justice (DOL) filed a lawsuit against FTR Electrical & HVAC Services for denying its employees their overtime wages. The New Jersey-based company faced accusations of violating several parts of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOJ filed the suit in the US

Last month, Walmart filed a motion for partial summary judgment in an attempt to dismiss some of the claims brought against the retail giant in an unpaid overtime pay lawsuit filed by night managers. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was filed in 2016, have accused Walmart of misclassifying

Five employees of Same Day Service Inc. filed an overtime suit against the courier service last month. The suit was filed in the New York federal court and includes multiple wage law violations. The defendants claim that the company has refused to pay its workers for working overtime and has

For an employee to be deemed exempt from overtime regulations under California law, the employee must fit into a category of work that is deemed exempt. The most common exemption is the administrative exemption, which includes workers who are employed in administrative, managerial, executive, or professional capacities. There are detailed

In a recent en banc decision (meaning the case was heard before all the judges rather than a panel of three), the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a tool pusher earning more than $200,000 a year was entitled to overtime because the day rate he was paid did not qualify as a “salary” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). 

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On January 19, 2021, eight states (Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania), along with the District of Columbia, filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the Tip Regulations Final Rule published by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in late December 2020. The Final Rule, which

On the last full day of the Trump administration, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) clarified that staffing firms can qualify as “retail or service establishments” under FLSA section 7(i).  Prior to May 2020, staffing firms were expressly excluded from taking advantage of the 7(i) exemption.