The Third Circuit reversed overtime gap time damages under the FLSA for healthcare workers against Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services LLC, holding that FLSA doesn’t cover such claims, while ...

An exempt employee is an employee who does not receive overtime pay or qualify for minimum wage. Exempt employees are paid a salary rather than by the hour, and they work in profe ...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) sets federal child labor requirements, establishing a floor for maximum hours among ...

The purpose of the proposed rule is to rescind and replace the current framework for determining employment or independent contractor status with a modified rule based on standards previously ...

On June 3, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not recognize overtime gap ...

This week, I taught cases on enumerated powers from the Progressive Era and during the New Deal. In Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918), the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a federal law that banned ...

To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet all the following tests: Duties Test - The employee's job duties must primarily involve executive, administrative or professional duties as ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A former Volvo employee is suing the company claiming he and his co-workers were never paid for the overtime work they did. According to the Fair Labor Standards Act, ...

The DOL has limited the recovery of liquidated damages in FLSA cases to lawsuits only, removing them from administrative investigations or settlements. While this may seem beneficial for employers, it ...

The Fourth Circuit dismissed a former employee’s appeal of class decertification for FLSA and North Carolina state law wage claims against GKN Driveline North America, Inc., finding he lacked standing ...

or nearly 90 years, the minimum wage has been one of the core labor standards shaping job quality for workers in the United ...

These FAQs reflect the most current guidance. Legal challenges are in progress and the changes to the minimum salary threshold could be overturned, the threshold amount may change or the effective ...