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Class Action Exempt-Employees Delivery Drivers

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Ninth Circuit: “Transportation Exemption” Does Not Apply to Arbitration Clauses Between Corporate Entities or in Commercial...

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Two days before the United States Supreme Court ruled in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, that the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) transportation worker exemption (meaning the FAA would not apply) extends beyond...more

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Round One of Critical New Prime Battle Goes To Gig Businesses

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Great news for gig economy businesses from an Illinois federal court: a judge recently ruled that Grubhub’s delivery drivers were not operating in “interstate commerce,” and therefore were not excluded from the company’s...more

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Web Exclusive - April 2018: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first four months...more

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Class Action Settlement Reminds Employers that Job Duties – Not Job Titles – Rule FLSA Exemptions

In September of 2015, two delivery drivers filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The employees alleged that their former employer violated the Fair Labor...more

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