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DOL Issues Guidance to Agency Staff on Employers’ Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has published a Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) on the application of federal labor standards to employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated...more

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California Supreme Court Issues Opinion on “Hours Worked”

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In its recent opinion in Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors, the California Supreme Court addressed three inquiries posed by the 9th Circuit. These inquiries specifically relate to the definition of “hours worked” within...more

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Whether Employers Must Pay for Certain Pre-Shift Activities

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In Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors, No. S275431 (March 25, 2024), the California Supreme Court issued an important decision relating to whether California employers must pay non-exempt employees for certain pre-shift...more

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Bow-Wow–Security Officers Want Pay For Canine Care: Yet Another “Dog” Of A Case!

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As you may know, I am a big student of working time cases and often blog about them. One of my favorite categories of such cases are the so-called “dog cases.” These are cases where workers (usually police officers) seek...more

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Yet Another Automatic Lunch Deduction Case Shows Need For Fail Safe Policy!

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Another working time case where the allegation is workers being compelled to work through lunch. Seems that the health care industry is prone to this as I have blogged about on other occasions. A group of employees has been...more

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Remote Work Under The FLSA Is A Hot Issue, Drawing Technical Guidance From The USDOL

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Since the pandemic, companies across the nation have been dealing with the issue of remote work, from many perspectives, but amongst the most important, the wage-hour perspective of how to pay people properly. The USDOL...more

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When Employees Voluntarily/Intentionally Cut Their Lunch Breaks Short, Are They Entitled to Compensation?

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I have handled many lunchtime cases, where an employee (or a class) claim that they were not accorded a full thirty-minute lunch and therefore that half-hour (and many others perhaps) is compensable time. There are many...more

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Another Preliminary/Postliminary Case: What The Employer Need Be Aware Of!

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Working time cases, especially those claiming pay for preliminary or postliminary work are difficult and dangerous because they sneak up on an employer. These activities may seem minimal, or not connected to the main job as...more

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Automatic Lunch Deduction Policy (Again) At The Center of FLSA Working Time Class Action: Stop The Madness!

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“I am angry and I don’t know what to do with my anger!” This is a line from the movie, The Big Chill, one of my favorites. It also describes how I feel when I see yet another class action lawsuit in a health care facility...more

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Sunset for IR35 and (some) retained EU law

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In separate developments, the UK government announced two potentially significant changes for employers. The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill could mean that at least some EU-derived employment law will expire on...more

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Yet Another FLSA Call Center Working Time Class Action—Here We Go Again!

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I have written about call center cases, which involve allegedly unpaid working time, many times. Well, they continue to pop up. In a recent case, a class of workers claim that they were expected/required to handle customer...more

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New Implications of the EU Working Time Directive

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The European Court of Justice recently held that EU member states must require employers to set up an “objective, reliable, and accessible system” to measure each worker’s daily working hours in order to satisfy the Working...more

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UK: Uber Loses Appeal Over Characterization Of Drivers As "Workers"

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Uber drivers in the UK are “workers” entitled to earn at least the national minimum wage and enjoy other statutory benefits and protections an Employment Appeals Tribunal (“EAT”) held on November 9, upholding the decision of...more

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