Senate Approves All Five NLRB Nominees
8/8/13
By: Anthony Del Rio
For the first time in several years, the National Labor Relations Board will be at full strength. On July 30th, the Senate approved all five of President Obama’s nominees to the NLRB. Up to this point, …
EEOC Sues Over Criminal Background Checks
7/12/13
By La’Vonda McLean
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has begun filing lawsuits against employers for their use of criminal background checks. Last month, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against Dollar General and a BMW manufacturing plant in South …
SCOTUS Rules Employers May “Pick-Off” FLSA Plaintiffs
4/18/13
By: Anthony Del Rio
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its opinion on a case regarding whether an employer may “pick-off” the named plaintiff in a Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) collective action. The Court ruled 5-4 in favor of …
Liquidated Damages are Discretionary in FLSA Retaliation Case
3/22/13
By: Joyce Mocek
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the standard for awarding plaintiffs liquidated damages in a retaliation claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is different from that used for claims of minimum wage …
Wage and Hour Issues Evolving at a Rapid Pace
3/6/13
By: Brad Adler
Wage and hour lawsuits continue to be some of the fastest growing civil suits in our court system. In Georgia alone, FLSA lawsuits increased 40 percent in 2012, outpacing the approximately 13 percent increase nationwide by a …