A New Mexico federal district court granted a temporary restraining order on FLSA and state law retaliation claims by truck drivers against Transwood companies, finding evidence of supervisors ...

A non-exempt employee qualifies to earn at least minimum wage and receive overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ...

To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet all the following tests: Duties Test - The employee's job duties must primarily involve executive, administrative or professional duties as ...

Wage and Hour Division on April 23, 2026, published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would establish ...

The Second Circuit joins the majority of federal circuits. Employers defending collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards ...

A Michigan federal district court granted summary judgment to Heart to Heart Hospice of Detroit, LLC on a licensed practical nurse’s FLSA overtime claim for on-call waiting time, finding that the time ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A former Volvo employee is suing the company claiming he and his co-workers were never paid for the overtime work they did. According to the Fair Labor Standards Act, ...

This week, I taught cases on enumerated powers from the Progressive Era and during the New Deal. In Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918), the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a federal law that banned ...

High Court Will Examine Burden of Proof in Fair Labor Standards Act Suits When the case is heard next term, the justices will consider whether employers must prove by a "preponderance of the evidence" ...

You have a slacker exempt employee who just showed up three hours late, again. You dock her pay, because fair is fair. Reasonable, right? Congratulations! You just broke a federal law. If she’s a ...

These FAQs reflect the most current guidance. Legal challenges are in progress and the changes to the minimum salary threshold could be overturned, the threshold amount may change or the effective ...