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Third Circuit Holds That NCAA Athletes May Qualify as Employees Under the FLSA

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Recently, in Johnson v. NCAA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that, depending upon the surrounding circumstances, student-athletes may qualify as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This...more

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Third Circuit Affirms College Athletes May Qualify as Employees Under FLSA

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On July 11, 2024, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in Johnson v. NCAA that certain college athletes may qualify as employees of their schools or the NCAA under the Fair Labor...more

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Employment Law Reminder for Educational Entities — Consider Special Rules Within FMLA, FLSA, and Title IX

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While employers at most educational entities, such as K-12 schools, must follow applicable federal employment laws, there are unique provisions within those employment laws and other regulations that these employers must keep...more

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Labor Department’s New Approach Is A Game Changer For Student Internships

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The U.S. Department of Labor rang in the new year by announcing that it will abandon its rigid six-part test for determining whether interns qualify as employees under federal wage and hour law, introducing some much-needed...more

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2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

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Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump? During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more

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Penn Students Seek Rehearing, DOL Files Brief in OT Rules Appeal

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Just a quick update on a couple of our recent stories for you wage and hour litigation junkies: Back on December 5, a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a case in which two former...more

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Seventh Circuit Sidelines Claims That Student-Athletes Are "Employees" Under The FLSA

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The NCAA and its member institutions scored another win last week in a Chicago courtroom when the Seventh Circuit closed the book on former student-athletes' proposed class action claiming that their participation in college...more

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Seventh Circuit Says Student Athletes Are Not Employees

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Back in August, the National Labor Relations Board threw the higher education community a curve ball ruling that student assistants at Columbia University were employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and were...more

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