by Girish Anand | Dec 14, 2015 | FLSA, Minimum Wage Law
Since winning class action certification in October, the lawsuit against Major League Baseball (MLB) over wage-and-hour issues for its minor leaguers has seen some 500 current and former players add their names, including a couple already in the big leagues. “We’re...
by Girish Anand | Dec 13, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law, Misclassification
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen has expanded the lawsuit against Uber to include even those drivers in California who failed to opt out of the company’s arbitration agreement. Previously, the class action suit against the ride-sharing service was limited only to...
by admin | Oct 16, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
St. Louis tried to hike its minimum wage from the state-mandated $7.65 an hour to $8.25 an hour, but it ran afoul of a recently passed state law barring municipalities from setting their own minimum wage. This week Judge Steven Ohmer of the St. Louis Circuit Court,...
by admin | Sep 27, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
The International Franchise Association, suing on behalf of franchisees in Seattle, has once again been rebuffed in its legal battle over the city’s new minimum wage law. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this past week upheld the local U.S....
by admin | Sep 21, 2015 | Federal Labor Law, FLSA, Minimum Wage Law, Overtime Rules
The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) reportedly pay their cheerleaders $75 per game and nothing for rehearsal time, but that will stop in January when a new California law will force teams to adhere to state and federal labor laws regarding...
by admin | Sep 11, 2015 | DOL, Minimum Wage Law, Overtime Rules
Public commentary on the proposed new overtime rule closed the Friday before Labor Day, but not before some 25,000 comments were received by the Department of Labor (DOL). The rule would raise the minimum salary necessary to be exempt from being paid overtime on an...