U.S. Supreme Court bars plaintiff from pursuing FLSA "collective action" for unpaid wages, after being offered payment on her individual claim *

USA - April 19 2013
Wage-and-hour "collective action" lawsuits brought by employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") have become a source of massive concern…

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You’re fired: one good reason for employees not to ask for FMLA leave when their Facebook photos negate such entitlement *

USA - November 29 2012
In yet another case of Facebook firing, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (with jurisdiction over Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee) recently held in Jaszczyszyn v. Advantage Health Physician Network, that an employer did not violate the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") when it terminated an employee after Facebook photos showed the employee drinking at a festival at the same time she was claiming that she was incapacitated due to a medical condition.

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Is continued employment enough to uphold invention assignment agreements? *

USA - October 24 2012
It is a common misconception that employers automatically own the rights to intellectual property created by their employees.

Co-authors: Lee J. Eulgen, Jessica Rissman Cohen.

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Pharmaceutical sales representatives qualify for the “outside sales” exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act, Supreme Court says *

USA - June 25 2012
In its first ruling on a so-called white collar exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled on June 18, 2012, in the case of Christopher v. Smithkline Beecham Corp., that pharmaceutical sales representatives qualify for the “outside sales” exemption under the FLSA.

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More is more: Congress aims to amend the FMLA to provide more employees with more coverage and more benefits *

USA - August 3 2011
There has been significant activity in Congress this summer aimed at amending the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA).

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