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Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Sixth Circuit Logs on to the Computer Employee Exemption: Actual Duties, Not Degrees or Job Titles, Control
By Christina Jaremus, Noah A. Finkel
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Sixth Circuit recently provided some welcome guidance for employers navigating the FLSA’s computer employee exemption. In Bennink v. Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company, LLC, the United States District…
Class Action Defense Blog
New York Federal Judge Denies Preliminary Approval Of FLSA Settlement Due To Proposed Publicity Provision And Attorneys’ Fees And Costs Requests
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Rebecca S. Bjork, and George J. Schaller Duane Morris Takeaways: On October 28, 2026, in Cervantes, et al. v. Careathome Medical Practice, P.C., d/b/a Vesta…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
DOL’s Latest Field Assistance Bulletin is the Final Nail in the 80/20 Rule’s Coffin
By Ariel D. Cudkowicz, Michael E. Steinberg
Tips from Seyfarth is a blog series for employers, and their in-house lawyers and HR, payroll, and compensation professionals, in the food, beverage, and hospitality sector. We curate wage and hour…
Class Action Defense Blog
New Jersey Federal Court Affirms “Modest Factual Showing” Required During Conditional Certification Of FLSA Collective Action
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Shannon Noelle, and Olga A. Romadin Duane Morris Takeaways: On October 12, 2026, Judge Brian R. Martinotti of the U.S. District Court for the District…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
DOL Cleans Up Its Arsenal of Guidance to Align With Current Dual Jobs Regulation
Quick Hits The U.S. Department of Labor recently updated its tipped-employee guidance to reflect the Fifth Circuit’s 2024 decision in Restaurant Law Center and the reinstatement of the original dual…
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3rd Circ. Has Made Hybrid Wage Settlements Easier
3rd Circ. Has Made Hybrid Wage Settlements Easier Christian Angotti and Christopher Michalski discuss the impact of the Lundeen v. 10 West Ferry Street Operations LLC decision, a tip-pooling case…
Class Action Defense Blog
Second Circuit Revives Shelved Grocery Workers’ Waiting Time Suit
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Olga A. Romadin Duane Morris Takeaways: On October 13, 2026, in Santos v. Lidl US, LLC, No. 25-2357 (2d Cir. Oct.…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Federal Appeals Court Holds Pre-Shift Waiting Time Compensable When Employees Cannot Start Work
A federal appeals court ruled on October 13, 2026 that an employer has to pay for time an employee spends waiting when the employer told that person to be at…
Law and the Workplace
Second Circuit: Employees Told to Show Up Early Are “Engaged to Wait”
By Allan Bloom
On October 13, 2026, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit revived a putative collective and class action alleging that discount supermarket chain Lidl…
Wait A Second!
Employees get paid when they are required to show up early but there is no work to perform
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Second Circuit has reinstated a wage-and-hour lawsuit alleging that a supermarket required employees to arrive 15 minutes before their shifts but did not pay them when managers were late…