Ecolab has agreed to settle a class-action claim for overtime violations for its bug-sprayer technicians. The class consists of 580 employers or former employees. Federal Judge, James Donato, has preliminary approved Continue Reading
Do you get emails, calls or text from your boss or co-workers after-hours? Do you get paid overtime for reading and responding? If you are an hourly, non-exempt employee you Continue Reading
The current overtime law called the FLSA or Fair Labor Standards Act currently only covers 8% of workers in the U.S. In 1975 the FLSA covered 60% of workers in Continue Reading
Most people have heard of discrimination based on race, sex, age, and disability. However, you may not have ever heard of genetic information discrimination unless you have been a victim Continue Reading
In the coming months, millions of employees around the country could learn that they will become newly eligible for overtime pay due to a change in federal rules. Continue Reading
Source One Staffing to Pay $800,000 to Settle Multiple EEOC Discrimination Claims Among Many Violations, Chicago-Area Staffing Company Assigned Temporary Employees To Clients on the Basis of Sex, Federal Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reports that approximately 70% of employers are out of compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) classification requirements. The FLSA requires that Continue Reading
By Melissa Erickson, Associate Editor merickson@amestrib.com The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the owners of Mongolian Buffet and the now-closed King Buffet Continue Reading
April 27, 2015 5:10 PM By LOCAL LABS NEWS SERVICE A local man brought a lawsuit against an Orleans Parish business for alleged employment discrimination in 2014. Joseph Trotta Continue Reading
By Mike Dorning, Bloomberg News April 22, 2015 WASHINGTON —— President Barack Obama is preparing to do what the U.S. economic recovery has been slow to accomplish: raise the wages Continue Reading
