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FLSA

September 2, 2010 By nicole

Magistrate judge concludes that Smithfield wage and hour collective action should proceed

In this case, plaintiffs are bringing collective action claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) based on the under-payment of wages and overtime at Smithfield Packing’s Tar Heel, North Carolina meat processing facility. Magistrate Judge Gates issued an opinion last week recommending that defendant’s motion to decertify the FLSA collective action be denied. If his recommendation […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ann Groninger, Case Commentary, Class Certification, Collective Action, EDNC, FLSA, North Carolina, Smithfield Packing, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour

June 22, 2010 By nicole

Government enforcing child labor and wage laws for farmworkers in North Carolina

The New York Times has this article about the Obama Administration’s effort to enforce the child labor and wage and hour laws on farms, and describes the effort in North Carolina in particular. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) contains several exceptions for farmworkers, but sometimes-ignored restrictions of child labor are apparently now being more vigorously […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Child Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Workers, FLSA, Minimum Wage, North Carolina

June 16, 2010 By nicole

Ninth Circuit rejects tip-pooling claims of servers making more than minimum wage before tips

In a case that appears to one of first impression at the federal appellate level, the Ninth Circuit ruled in Cumbie v. Woody Woo, Inc. that there are no tip-pooling claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for restaurant employees who are paid more than the minimum wage before tips. FLSA, the federal wage […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Case Commentary, Class Action, Collective Action, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Minimum Wage, NCWHA, Ninth Circuit, Tip Credit, Tip Pooling

April 11, 2010 By nicole

DOL concerned about unpaid internships, and new protection for nursing mothers

The federal Department of Labor is stepping up enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with regard to unpaid internships because such arrangements very well could be violating the FLSA’s minimum wage requirements. In other FLSA news, the Health Care Reform legislation (technically the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) contained a little-noticed provision […]

Filed Under: Legislative Action Tagged With: FLSA, Interships, Minimum Wage, Nursing Breaks, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

January 17, 2010 By nicole

Recent Fourth Circuit labor and employment decisions

The Fourth Circuit has published opinions in three labor and employment cases in recent weeks. The first case, Sepulveda v. Allen Family Foods, Inc., concerned a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action that was brought on behalf of a class of current and former employees of a chicken processing plant. The employees claimed, among other things, […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Case Commentary, Collective Action, Concerted Activity, FLSA, Fourth Circuit, NLRB, Retaliation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Union, Wage and Hour

August 2, 2009 By nicole

Ninth Circuit says individual managers can be held responsible for FLSA violations, regardless of bankruptcy

In Boucher v. Shaw, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that individual managers/owners — in this case a hotel’s CEO, CFO, and labor/employment manager — may be held liable for unpaid wages, vacation, and holiday pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA allows suits to be brought against individuals, in addition […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bankruptcy, Case Commentary, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Lost Wages, Manager Liability, Ninth Circuit

May 27, 2009 By nicole

Fourth Circuit finds for plaintiff in FLSA overtime case

In Desmond v. PNGI Charles Town Gaming, the Fourth Circuit reversed the trial court, concluding instead that the plaintiff was not exempt from being paid overtime as an administrative employee.  Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), one of the “white collar” exceptions to the overtime requirement is the administrative exception. An administrative position is “office […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Case Commentary, FLSA, Fourth Circuit, Overtime, Wage and Hour, White Collar Exceptions

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