Tag:Fair Labor Standards Act
Corporate Counsel Insight
Overtime Ceiling Set to Rise in January
Employers have three months to prepare for the U.S. Department of Labor’s newly finalized overtime rule. But that is assuming they haven’t already, as...
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Au Pair Settlement for $65.5M Gets Court’s O.K.
One of the largest wage-and-hour settlements in recent memory secured approval earlier this month from a federal judge in Colorado.
District Judge Christine Arguello on...
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Corporate Counsel Insight
Gig Economy Gets Backing From NLRB
Uber and other gig economy companies are getting encouraging opinions from federal agencies on the use of independent contractors.
In an advice memo released this...
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DOL Proposes ‘Other’ Rules After Overtime
While employers are reviewing their pay practices for the overtime overhaul that the U.S. Department of Labor recently revealed, the DOL has followed up...
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DOL Proposes Milder Overtime Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor is again attempting to make more white-collar workers eligible for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Most employees...
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People
Polis Fills Court of Appeals Seats
Gov. Jared Polis on March 8 appointed Jaclyn Brown and Neeti Pawar to the Colorado Court of Appeals.
Brown’s appointment fills a vacancy caused by...
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Au Pair Class Action Settles
In early January, Denver legal nonprofit Towards Justice and Boies Schiller Flexner announced they reached a $65.5 million settlement in a class action lawsuit...
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Massage School Students Aren’t FLSA Employees, Appeals Court Finds
Had a federal appeals court decided Nesbitt v. FCNH differently, it might have upended the business models of numerous vocational schools and training programs.
But...
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