Labor Days
The Importance of Record-Keeping: Lessons from an Exotic Dancer and Truck Driver
On Monday May 6, 2019, a Florida federal judge denied a strip club’s bid for sanctions against an exotic dancer and her lawyer who filed a so-called “cookie-cutter” Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit, depriving the strip…
Reminder – Be Careful When Settling A Wage Claim
Addressing an issue that the Second Circuit had not explicitly touched before, the court just held that parties cannot privately resolve and/or discontinue an FLSA claim, without the supervision of the DOL or court…
The Unpaid Internship: Who “Really” Benefits from This Arrangement?
Many of us spent summers working as interns, getting access to the industry of our choice, making contacts, learning – and yes running errands and filing and stuffing envelopes and doing other “grunt” work. Most young…
FLSA Trends: A Mixed Bag with a Silver Lining
It came as no surprise, as reported in a Law360 analysis on May 2, that cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) continue to trend upward. The FLSA was for many years a sleepy, antiquated,…
After Second Circuit Decision, Oral Complaint to Employer May Support FLSA Retaliation Claim
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), it is unlawful “to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint … related to” the FLSA.…