SCOTUS, Employer Liability Issues, Minimum Wage

5 SCOTUS Cases for Employers to Track as 2024/2025 Term Begins

Fisher Phillips on 9/26/2024

The Supreme Court will begin a new term on October 7, and we’re watching several cases that will likely have a big impact on the workplace. The Justices will grapple with wage and hour issues, coverage under the Americans...more

SCOTUS 2023/24 Lookback and Preview: 8 Key Rulings that Impact the Workplace and 4 New Cases for Employers to Track Next Term

Fisher Phillips on 7/18/2024

The Supreme Court issued several momentous decisions last term that will have a lasting impact on employer practices. The Justices continued to shape the workplace law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more

SCOTUS to Ponder Proof in Wage Misclassification Case: 5 Steps for Employers to Comply with Overtime Exemption Rules

Fisher Phillips on 7/5/2024

What evidence does an employer need to show a court to prove it correctly classified employees as exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay? The Supreme Court announced on June 17 that it will address a disagreement among...more

New SCOTUS Case Could Make Fair Labor Standards Act Claims More Difficult for Employers to Defend

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/1/2024

The Supreme Court will soon hear a wage and hour case with massive implications for employers defending claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Depending on the outcome, the high court’s decision could make it far...more

Supreme Court Clarifies a “Day-Rate” Does Not Meet the FLSA “Salary Basis” Test, Even for Highly Compensated Employees

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/16/2023

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (“FLSA”) created the right to a minimum wage and overtime pay. The FLSA also provides exemptions to overtime pay requirements for certain employees. Under the “bona fide executive”...more

#WorkforceWednesday: Employers Respond to Dobbs, Implications of the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, and Pay Increases for CA Health...

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/13/2022

This week, we look at two U.S. Supreme Court decisions and legislation in California with major implications for employers and health care providers. Employers Respond to Dobbs Employers across the country are navigating a...more

Beltway Buzz - March 2022

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/7/2022

President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union Address this week. Though it was easy to miss in the speech, workplace policy observers may have noticed that the president briefly pushed for passage of the Paycheck...more

California Update – State-Wide Face Covering Requirements; the Impact of the recent SCOTUS Anti-Discrimination Decision; and Local...

FordHarrison on 6/22/2020

A quick employment law update for California employers to start your week! Gov. Newsome Issues Face Covering Order: On June 18, 2020, California’s Governor issued new Guidance For The Use Of Face Coverings. All persons in...more

January 2019: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 2/11/2019

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 have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Employment Law Developments and Trends in 2018 for Nevada Employers

Payne & Fears on 1/11/2019

Employment law is a dynamic practice area in which new law develops each year. Last year was no exception. This article, originally published in Nevada Lawyer by Matthew L. Durham and Chad D. Olsen, discusses notable...more

Web Exclusive - June 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/10/2018

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 have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Serenity Now – Looking Back On USDOL's Actions Mid-Year, And A Sneak Peek At What Might Be Coming

Fisher Phillips on 6/21/2018

We are almost half way through 2018, and this year has been filled with fast and furious changes at USDOL. Proposed tip credit changes (Check, including a reaction from Congress and more tip credit changes on the horizon)....more

Web Exclusive: January 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 2/8/2018

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 each month in 2017—and if January is any...more

Employers’ Guide To The 1st Presidential Debate

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/27/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: For a multitude of reasons, the stakes are exceedingly high for employers in the upcoming Presidential election. Legal compliance strategies and effective control of workplace litigation risks inevitably...more

"Employment Flash - August 2016"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/19/2016

The August 2016 edition of Employment Flash covers a number of developments, including the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on when the clock starts ticking on the filing period for constructive discharge claims; the Department of...more

Chief Justice Denial of Stay Request Clears Way for New FLSA Regulations Affecting Home Care Agencies to Go Into Effect October...

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/9/2015

On October 6, 2015, Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court of the United States summarily denied the emergency stay application filed by the association plaintiffs in Home Care Association of America v. Weil. In the...more

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