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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Three Wage-and-Hour Issues for Employers to Prioritize for 2026
By By Dee Anna D. Hays, Sarah Smith Kuehnel
Quick Hits Employers may want to prepare for 2026 by mapping exempt roles in Alaska, California, Maine, New York, and Washington to new salary thresholds and implementing adjustments aligned with…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Third Circuit Clarifies that FLSA Claims May Be Released by Absent Class Members
By: Howard M. Wexler, Kyle D. Winnick, and Kimberly I. Garcia Seyfarth Synopsis: The Third Circuit held that Section 216(b) of the FLSA does not prohibit the release of FLSA…
Employment Law Blog
Harrington v. Cracker Barrel: A Win for Employers in FLSA Collective Actions
By Tressler LLP
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets nationwide rules on minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor. However, the way lawsuits are brought under the FLSA is unusual. Instead of…
California Environmental Law & Business Litigation Blogs and Articles
Franchise 101: Waltzing Around Joint Employer Issues; and Going on Vacatur
Franchisor 101: Waltzing Around Joint Employer Issues A district court in Maryland granted a franchisor’s motion to dismiss against an employee in a discrimination and wrongful termination case. The court…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Trick or Treat? Common Employer Mistakes That Might Lead to a Legal Scare
As Halloween approaches, most of us expect a few harmless scares — maybe a jumpy horror movie or a haunted house. But for employees, there are far scarier things lurking…
California Environmental Law & Business Litigation Blogs and Articles
Uniting Behind the American Franchise Act: A Bipartisan Effort to Clarify the Joint Employer Standard
Over the last 10 years, the United States franchise industry has faced see-sawing uncertainty around the joint employer standard. Courts and federal agencies applied either a narrow “direct and immediate…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Court Gives the Boot to Claim for Time Starting and Logging on to Computers
Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal district has parted company with two appellate circuits in holding that computer boot-up time is non-compensable under the FLSA. An all-too-common fact pattern in wage-hour litigation…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Seventh Circuit Decision Sets Forth New FLSA Certification Standard
By Anne Hall
In its August 2025 decision in Richards v. Eli Lilly & Co. et al., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has fundamentally altered how federal courts manage…
Manufacturing Law Blog
As 2025 Begins to Wind Down, A Few Wage and Hour Reminders for Connecticut Manufacturers
By Abby Warren, Christopher Costain
With fall approaching and school back in session, the end of 2025 is on the horizon. The beginning of the new calendar year serves as an opportune time for manufacturers to…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
When does the workday begin and end for a remote worker?
With the rise of remote work, wage and hour laws have forced employers to grapple with what should be a straightforward question: When does a remote employee's workday actually begin…