Labor Days

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice

WEBINAR: Managing Employee Absence and Disability Requests with Confidence

[" \n\n Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2019<\/strong>\n Time: 12:30 pm ET","11:30 am CT<\/strong>\n\nManaging employee requests related to disabilities (actual, perceived or alleged) remains a trap for the unwary Human…

Federal Wage Laws Protect Cannabis Workers? Yes, They Do

So imagine that your biggest pothead friend from college has opened up a cannabis dispensary that sells weed for recreational use. Your old pal would be selling something that remains utterly unlawful under federal…

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…