Wage & Hour – Freeman Mathis & Gary https://www.fmglaw.com Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:16:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.fmglaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-icon-32x32.png Wage & Hour – Freeman Mathis & Gary https://www.fmglaw.com 32 32 DOL Wage and Hour Division changes FLSA liquidated damages policy https://www.fmglaw.com/wage-and-hour/dol-wage-and-hour-division-changes-flsa-liquidated-damages-policy/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:16:32 +0000 https://www.fmglaw.com/?p=38861 By: Thomas R. Starks

On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“DOL”) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin, marking a major shift in enforcement under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Effective immediately, DOL staff …

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]]> Recent Third Circuit decision shows that employers may face significant penalties for failing to pay employees for work-related travel https://www.fmglaw.com/employment/recent-third-circuit-decision-shows-that-employers-may-face-significant-penalties-for-failing-to-pay-employees-for-work-related-travel/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:47:18 +0000 https://www.fmglaw.com/?p=35626 By: Shane Miller

In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, employers must compensate employees for work-related travel during the workday, including travel time from one job site to another. Employers may face significant monetary penalties if they fail to do so.…

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]]> California appellate court rejects “Headless PAGA” as a way to avoid arbitration https://www.fmglaw.com/california-employment-law/california-appellate-court-rejects-headless-paga-as-a-way-to-avoid-arbitration/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:36:33 +0000 https://www.fmglaw.com/?p=34753 By: John K. Rubiner

At the very end of 2024, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District issued its opinion in Leeper v. Shipt (Cal. App. December 30, 2024) 2024 WL 5251619. This is an important case concerning …

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]]> Federal judge invalidates DOL salary threshold changes https://www.fmglaw.com/employment/federal-judge-invalidates-dol-salary-threshold-changes/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:26:40 +0000 https://www.fmglaw.com/?p=33454 By: Sunshine R. Fellows

On Friday, November 15, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the Department of Labor’s final rule increasing the minimum salary thresholds for workers to be considered exempt from …

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]]> NCAA student-athletes may be employees under the FLSA  https://www.fmglaw.com/employment/ncaa-student-athletes-may-be-employees-under-the-flsa/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:11:56 +0000 https://www.fmglaw.com/?p=31109 By: Noël Couch

The debate over whether college athletes should be paid has grown commonplace and contentious over the past decade as the business of college sports has thrived amid billion dollar television contracts and while coaches are receiving similarly …

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]]> As the fate of the FTC’s non-compete rule remains uncertain, what should healthcare employers consider doing next?  https://www.fmglaw.com/employment/as-the-fate-of-the-ftcs-non-compete-rule-remains-uncertain-what-should-healthcare-employers-consider-doing-next/ Wed, 08 May 2024 13:42:03 +0000 https://www.fmglaw.com/?p=29666 By: Kevin G. Kenneally and Brendan M. Collins

Recently, Attorney Sunshine R. Fellows from FMG’s Pittsburgh office reported about the 3-2 approval by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) of a final rule (the “Rule”) banning virtually all new non-compete …

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