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Working Hours
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World of Employment
Oregon Supreme Court Rules That Oregon Law Follows Federal Definition of “Work Time.”
By John Dudrey
In a recent decision titled Buero v. Amazon.com Services, Inc., 370 Or. 502 (2022), the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that Oregon’s wage and hour law uses the same definition of “work…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Automatic Lunch Deduction Policy (Again) At The Center of FLSA Working Time Class Action: Stop The Madness!
“I am angry and I don’t know what to do with my anger!” This is a line from the movie, The Big Chill, one of my favorites. It also describes…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
<strong>The FLSA Working Time Issue Of The Times-The Compensability (Or Not) Of Pre-Shift Covid-Testing At The Workplace</strong>
I have blogged about working time issues involving COVID testing and screening many times and there seems to be no shortage of these cases coming down the pike. On that…
Global Workplace Insider
Four-Day Workweek Proposed in California Bill
By Kira Latham, Kevin MacNeill
A worldwide effort was launched by 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit associated with the University of Oxford, that helps companies execute and measure the impact of a four-day workweek.…
Global Workplace Insider
Global Employment Law – The Decline (and Fall?) of the Five-Day Workweek – Transforming Workplace -#14
By Jason Noakes
In our previous article in the Transforming Workplace series we outlined the benefits of short-term "work from anywhere". In this article, we focus on the advantages of introducing flexible hours…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Preliminary/Postliminary Class Action (Again): What Does “Integral” Mean To Make Pre-Shift Activities Compensable
How many times have I written about working time cases, so called “off the clock” cases, where the claimed compensable time arises from preliminary or postliminary activities that are tied…
Health Law Prof Blog
Work Hours and Disability Justice
Jeannette Cox (University of Dayton), Work Hours and Disability Justice, Georgetown L. J. 111 (2022):Courts frequently conclude that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) cannot curb the common employer practice…
Employment Law Worldview
UAE: what next in working week changes
By Habib Saeed
The UAE authorities announced late last year that in Federal Government departments from 1 January 2022 the working week would be reduced to four and a half days, with the…
The HB Blog
Mexico Employment Law Basics Part 2: Am I Negotiating Now?!
In our first post in this series, we discussed what constitutes an employment relationship under Mexico’s employment laws, the types of employees you can hire, and the importance of having…
Global Workplace Insider
New Ontario “disconnecting from work” policy requirement
By Tiffany O'Hearn Davies, Samantha Cass
As previously discussed, legislative amendments in Ontario have introduced a first-in-Canada requirement for employers to prepare “disconnecting from work” policies for their employees. Pursuant to the amendments, employers with 25…