New Jersey has reached an employee misclassification settlement with STG Logistics over allegations that the company and its predecessor misclassified hundreds of truck drivers as independent contractors. New Owner Assumed Liability In 2019, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) began investigating XPO Logistics’ Newark intermodal operations. STG Logistics acquired XPO’s New […]
The Seventh Circuit held that a Wisconsin employer properly included certain pay differentials and incentive premiums in employees’ regular rate of pay before calculating the overtime premium under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state law. It also properly excluded the holiday premiums because the pay exceeded 1.5 times the applicable bona fide […]
Connecticut employers must include a wage or a good-faith wage range and a general description of benefits in public and internal job postings under Public Act 26-12, signed by Gov. Ned Lamont on May 11, 2026. The requirement takes effect Oct. 1, 2026. The Constitution State previously required wage-range disclosure only upon an applicant’s request […]
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed HB 4844, requiring Illinois employers with more than 25 employees to pay workers their regular rate of pay for time serving on jury duty. The law takes effect Jan. 1, 2027. Before this law, Illinois already required employers to give employees time off for jury service, along with notice and anti-retaliation […]
Field-based roles raise unique FLSA compliance questions, including whether an employer must pay for work tasks performed before or during the commute to the first job site. A recent DOL opinion letter addressed the issue. The question came from a field service engineer who doesn’t report to an office. He drives an employer-provided vehicle between […]
What happens when an employee works 50 hours per week, but payroll makes it look like 25 hours for each of two companies to avoid overtime premiums? That was the setup allegedly devised by the owner of two janitorial companies in New Jersey. Now the companies must pay $457,500, according to the New Jersey Department […]
A federal court has approved a proposed $162 million class action settlement between Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) and personal assistants who provide care through New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program. The proposed settlement is believed to be the largest wage and hour class-action settlement in the state. Workers Reported Ongoing Payroll Problems PPL took […]
A federal jury in Oregon found that Nike discriminated against former employee Heather Hender by paying her less than male colleagues and delaying her promotions, in violation of federal and state laws. In 2018, Hender and three other female employees sued Nike, alleging sex discrimination. The lawsuit claimed they were paid, on average, about $11,000 […]
Hybrid schedules are now a standard part of many workplaces, but payroll teams are still sorting out when a commute during the workday belongs on the timesheet. The Department of Labor (DOL) recently addressed a recurring question: When a nonexempt employee works both at home and onsite in the same day, is the travel time […]
When employers outsource leave administration to a third-party administrator (TPA), legal responsibility remains with the employer – as a recent settlement out of Atlanta shows. The case stems from an EEOC lawsuit and highlights that employers are accountable for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance even when a third party manages accommodation requests. Employee Seeks […]
Not every sign-on bonus belongs in the overtime calculation – and a recent federal case out of Virginia shows why. A fired employee filed a lawsuit against his former employer, claiming he was illegally terminated after complaining about a co-worker’s alleged use of the N-word. He later added claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act […]
A San Diego deli will pay more than $500,000 in back wages after a federal investigation found it paid workers a flat daily rate that fell short of minimum wage and overtime requirements. Here’s what happened, according to an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD). Flat-Rate Pay Leaves Deli […]
A D.C. hospitality business will pay more than $243,000 after an investigation found worker misclassification and other wage and hour violations affecting more than 270 workers. The case shows that compliance risk doesn’t stop at the federal level – local investigations can be just as costly. Here’s what happened. Worker Misclassification, Retaliation and More In […]
In Trump v. Barbara, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Administration’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship by executive action and left intact the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee that children born in the United States are U.S. citizens at birth, regardless of their parents’ immigration status. Although the birthright citizenship ruling removes one source of uncertainty, employers […]
You can expect an uptick in discrimination claims. Employees know more about discrimination and are more prepared than ever to file. And the EEOC is ready to respond and act on employees’ behalf. Are you ready for this? What’s Up in This Episode: Discrimination Claims Rise We’ll help you prepare in this episode of HRMorning’s […]
Chicago employers with tipped workers can leave the tipped cash wage where it is — a scheduled July 1 step-up is off. The city’s tip-credit phase-out, which would’ve raisedthe required cash wage, is paused for two years. The City Council approved the pause May 20 in a near-unanimous 49-1 vote, and MayorBrandon Johnson let it […]
