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FLSA Rising: Ever-shifting wage, hour standards promise to keep employers, lawyers struggling to keep up with law
Chicago attorney says issues surrounding wage and hour lawsuits make it expensive to have employees, while new revisions to FLSA could lead to even more litigation. -
FLSA Rising: Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits up sharply, still surging in federal courts
Because of the implementation of statutory damages, FLSA lawsuits are on the rise. Companies like Jimmy John's are facing claims that they owe overtime wages to employees whom they previously only paid salaries. -
Kan. AG wants D.C. Circuit to reverse DOL regulations
TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) - Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to reverse regulations by the U.S. Department of Labor, which he said would threaten home health care availability in the state. -
Kansas AG seeks reversal of home health worker regulations
Derek Schmidt argues that U.S. Department of Labor overstepped its authority -
Bank of New York Mellon to pay $714 million in fraud settlement
The Bank of New York Mellon will pay approximately $714 million to settle cases brought against it by the New York State Office of the Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney's Office, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara said last week. -
Texas sues Dept. of Labor over FMLA's same-sex marriage rule change
New regulation provides same-sex couples family and medical leave benefits. -
Metal recycler required to invest in modern technology, other protections after fatal blast
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A West Virginia-based metal recycler has agreed to implement "extensive, company-wide safeguards" to prevent future accidental releases of hazardous chemicals from its facilities. -
U.S. SC says terms of ERISA-covered plan must be upheld
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the limitations provision of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act-covered plan is enforceable. -
Defense bar files brief to U.S. SC in support of insurer
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar this week filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the terms of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act-covered plan must be upheld. -
Current, former AGs support Obama's nominee for head of labor department
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A group of 10 state attorneys general, mostly current and some former, say they fully support President Barack Obama's nomination of Tom Perez as the next U.S. Secretary of Labor. -
Labor Dept. sues insurance brokerage firm
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Dietrich & Associates, an insurance brokerage firm, and its chief executive officer and sole shareholder, Kurt E. Dietrich, accusing them of violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. -
Auto parts maker sued over alleged losses to retirement funds
Solis WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Labor is suing auto parts manufacturer Metavation for $34 million for alleged Employee Retirement Income Security Act violations. -
Former SEIU president indicted
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The former president of Service Employees International Union Local 6434, was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury. -
Labor Dept. orders railroads to pay back wages, damages
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday ordered two railroad companies to pay three workers $650,729.14 in back wages and damages for allegedly retaliating against them for being whistleblowers. -
Retirement funds ordered restored
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge ordered on Wednesday the president of a graphics company and the president of the pension administrator to restore funds to the company's two employee retirement plans. -
Gender wage gap progress slowed under Obama, report says
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A statistic that is at the core of the Democratic Party's argument to pass a piece of legislation that opponents say is election-year pandering could backfire on it. -
Labot Dept. suing Idaho retirement plan administrator
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint Wednesday in Idaho federal court against Matthew Hutcheson, alleging he violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. -
Subway franchisee must pay 122 employees back wages
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) -- A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has ordered a Subway sandwich franchisee with 29 locations in the Tampa Bay area to pay 122 employees a total of $7,536 in minimum back wages plus $3,768 in liquidated damages. -
Judge orders defunct company to restore retirement funds
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has ordered Fresno, Calif. company Explore General Inc. and Jaime M. Gonzalez to pay $519,601 to the company's 401(k) profit-sharing plan. -
Mass. restaurants cited for labor violations; group blames confusing laws
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday that an investigation of restaurants in Massachusetts revealed significant violations of the minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.