Mike LaSusa

  •  Major cities on the West Coast are facing federal court challenges to ordinances mandating extra “hero pay” for grocery workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, sparking the interest of wage and hour attorneys who say similar laws could proliferate across the country… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  •  The U.S. Department of Labor scored an appellate victory in a case seeking overtime back wages for fire protection company employees, and launched new initiatives aimed at combating child labor abroad. Here, Law360 summarizes the week’s wage and hour developments involving the DOL… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • President Joe Biden has A set of emergency safety regulations aimed at protecting California workers from the novel coronavirus pandemic has expanded employers’ wage and hour obligations, leading employment attorneys to advise clients to prepare for possible enforcement actions by state regulators… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • President Joe Biden has promised his administration will aggressively enforce federal wage and hour laws and regulations, and that means employers need to be ready if the U.S. Department of Labor comes knocking, experts told Law360… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  •  The Ninth Circuit ruled that interstate transportation companies don’t have an out from California’s wage statement rules, and the Fourth Circuit scrutinized a federal overtime exemption for certain retail and service employees. All over the country, federal appeals courts are making important rulings that sometimes fly under the radar… Read this piece in its entirety…

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