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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Maine Law Requires Employee Compensation When Employers Cancel or Shorten Shifts
Quick Hits A new law in Maine requires certain employers to pay workers who report to work but have their shift cancelled or shortened. The law will take effect on…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Seventh Circuit Establishes New Test for Notice to Issue in FLSA and ADEA Collective Actions
By By: Steven F. Pockrass, Kenneth B. Siepman, Publisher, Cheyna H. Galloway
Quick Hits The FLSA allows similarly situated employees to litigate claims collectively but does not define who qualifies as similarly situated or what showing is required to secure notice. Most…
Employment Law Worldview
US State Law Roundup
By Shennan Harris, Gabrielle Martin, Margaret Lombardo
The first half of 2025 is off and running with U.S. state and local jurisdiction employment law developments concerning topics such as paid sick leave, family leave, restrictive covenants, anti‑discrimination…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
For Richards And Not For Poorer: Employers in the Seventh Circuit Get Reprieve From Unfair FLSA Collective Certification Standard
By Noah A. Finkel, Alex W. Simon
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Seventh Circuit has joined the Fifth and Sixth Circuits in establishing a higher bar for employees to clear before courts may authorize “notice” to potential members of…
Class Action Defense Blog
The Seventh Circuit Raises The Bar For Conditional Certification Under The FLSA And The ADEA
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Ryan T. Garippo, and George J. Schaller Duane Morris Takeaways: On August 5, 2025, in Richards, et al. v. Eli Lilly & Co., et al.,…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Fourth Circuit Preserves $9 Million Award to Nurses Misclassified as Independent Contractors
By By: Corie J. Anderson, Cynthia A. Bremer
Quick Hits The Fourth Circuit recently concluded that a medical staffing company misclassified about 1,100 Certified Nursing Assistants, Licensed Nurse Practitioners, and Registered Nurses who worked for the company from…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
PAID Back: DOL Revives Voluntary Self-Audit Program
By Kevin Young
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor has officially revived its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. Designed to help employers proactively resolve FLSA issues—and now, for the first time,…
HR Law Watch
U.S. Department of Labor Self-Audit PAID Program Returns, Allowing Employers to Identify and Resolve FLSA and FMLA Violations
By Denise M. Keyser, Alayna M. Piwonski
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced several self-audit programs to assist employers, unions, and benefit plan officials with voluntarily assessing and correcting their compliance with federal labor laws. One…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Eleventh Circuit Holds That Fed. R. Civ. P. 21 and 41(a) Permits the Dismissal of a Single Plaintiff in a Multiple-Plaintiff Case, Provided That All of Their Claims Are Dismissed
The Eleventh Circuit in Weinstein v. 440 Corp., No. 23-13807 (11th Cir, July 25, 2025), holds that there is a final judgment when an individual plaintiff in a multi-plaintiff case…
FMLA Insights
The DOL is Asking Employers to Self-Report FMLA Violations to the Federal Government. Will Even One Employer Take the Bait?
By Jeff Nowak
Yesterday, the US Department of Labor resurrected its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, which encourages employers to own up to potential minimum wage and overtime violations under the Fair…