On April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, setting forth new standards ...

An Illinois federal district court dismissed a civilian contractor’s FLSA overtime claims against the US Navy and Great Lakes Naval Air Station for lack of jurisdiction, finding the Court of Federal ...

Onsite housing and rent discounts are common benefits in the property management industry, but federal wage-and-hour litigation makes clear that ...

The Department of Labor on Wednesday proposed a rule that would change the definition of “joint employer” under the FLSA and ...

The rule would create “a single nationwide standard” for the Fair Labor Standards Act and other laws, the U.S. Department of ...

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 ...

Until Cheeks, if a wage-and-hour case was settled at a conference before one of the district courts within the Second Circuit, the parties could finalize a written settlement agreement and simply ...

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 ...

When Kevin Kasten made oral complaints to his employer regarding potential wage and hour violations, was his conduct protected by the anti-retaliation clause of the Fair Labor Standards Act? Or is the ...

A Pennsylvania federal district court denied approval of an FLSA settlement involving McGee Aegis Solutions LLC due to an overly restrictive confidentiality provision that limited social media ...