The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to weigh whether collective actions can include wage and hour claims arising in a different state than the case forum, teeing up a consequential fight over the boundaries of the Fair Labor Standards Act's collective action mechanism.
High-earning professionals can only be overtime-exempt if they are paid on salary basis, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, affirming the importance of long-standing U.S. Department of Labor salary pay regulations in a case that tested the foundations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
High-earning professionals can only be overtime-exempt if they are paid on salary basis, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, affirming the importance of long-standing U.S. Department of Labor salary pay regulations in a case that tested the foundations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court got bogged down Wednesday in the nuances of how federal regulations define salaries, with an apparent divide emerging during oral arguments between justices focused on a commonsense reading of salary pay and those focused on a more narrow approach or even on dismissing the regulations entirely.
Last year saw the fewest number of federal employment cases filed in a decade, continuing a downward trend that has likely been fueled by pandemic workforce upheaval and the proliferation of mandatory arbitration agreements, according to a report by legal analytics provider Lex Machina and experts who reviewed the data.