On January 1, 2020, a new U.S. Department of Labor final rule will extend overtime pay thresholds. The rule raises the standard salary level from $455 to $684 a week, the equivalent to $35,548 per year for full time workers. Employees earning less th…
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In the past two years, employees have recovered an estimated $1.2 billion from filing claims against their employers for unpaid wages. Claims for overtime pay are near the top of that list. But many employees – and employers, too – are confused a…
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In Dolphus v. Servis One, Inc., No. GLR-16-1075, 2018 BL 277246 (D. Md. Aug. 02, 2018), Plaintiffs filed suit against Servis One, Inc. D/B/A BSI Financial Services (“Servis One”) on behalf of themselves and similarly situated current and…
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In Trigueros v. New Orleans City, 2018 BL 183305, E.D. La., 17-10960, the Court ruled that the plaintiff employee may not move forward with her claim that she was fired in retaliation for commenting on her lack of overtime pay on Facebook, because co…
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In Bracey v. Lancaster Foods, LLC, No. RDB-17-1826, 2018 BL 112613 (D. Md. Mar. 30, 2018), the Maryland Federal Court reiterated the rule that statutory limitations periods may be shortened by agreement, so long as the limitations period is not unrea…
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Under the FLSA, an employee is exempt from overtime compensation as an “executive” if: (1) he is compensated on a salary basis at a rate of not less than $455 per week; (2) his primary duty is “management of the enterprise in which the…
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The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) adopted a liberal federal policy favoring arbitration agreements. The FAA recognizes that arbitration is an expeditious way to resolve disputes and conserve judicial resources. It accordingly requires that courts sta…
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United States Magistrate Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher recently granted an FLSA Plaintiff employee’s Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims filed by his Defendant employer. Detailed excerpts from the Opinion are presented below. Most importantly, the C…
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In Aviles-Cervantes v. Outside Unlimited, Inc., No. CV RDB-16-1214, 2017 WL 3916985 (D. Md. Sept. 7, 2017), Plaintiffs alleged, inter alia, that Defendant Outside Unlimited failed to pay workers for approximately 1–2 hours of work per day for time…
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On the same day that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued the Salinas opinion in our previous post, the Court also issued the following opinion further clarifying and applying the new test. In Hall, et al. v. Albrecht, et…
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