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Genesis of a clearer distinction between class and collective actions? Supreme Court decides Symczyc.
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- April 16 2013
The Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking ruling today in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk that brings into clearer focus the fundamental
First Circuit’s administrative exemption decision could maintain the availability for the administrative exemption for some so-called “sales” employees
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- December 5 2011
On November 28, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision in Hines v. State Room, Inc. finding that sales managers for a Boston banquet facility were exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act's ("FLSA") administrative exemption
First Circuit upholds Massachusetts mandatory treble damages law, affirms class certification, and interprets tip pooling law
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- December 14 2012
On Friday November 9, 2012, the First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision interpreting two key Massachusetts wage and hour statutes, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149 152A (the "Tip Statute"), which regulates gratuities, service charges, and tip pools, and Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149 150, which provides for mandatory treble damages for wage violations
It will be a "clothes" call: Supreme Court to decide if work clothes, are "clothes"
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- February 21 2013
Are work clothes "clothes" under the FLSA? And how much weight should be given to the Department of Labor's opinion on this issue, especially when
Ninth Circuit hands pharmaceutical industry Valentine's Day gift
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- February 18 2011
On February 14, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. (Case No. 10-15257) affirmed a district court decision holding that pharmaceutical sales representatives (“reps”) for GlaxoSmithKline (“Glaxo”) are exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act because they qualify as “outside sales” employees
Offers of judgment, mootness and collective actions: Supreme Court hears oral argument in Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk
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- December 4 2012
The Supreme Court heard argument in Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk on Monday
Bay state baristas don't have to share tips with shift supervisors
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- March 23 2011
On Friday, March 18, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts adopted a pair of reports by a federal Magistrate finding that Starbucks violated Massachusetts law by allowing “shift supervisors” to share in the proceeds of tip jars and recommending certification of a class of Massachusetts baristas affected by the practice
I lift my lamp beside the minimum wage claim: district court finds immigration status "irrelevant" to FLSA case
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- April 6 2011
On March 23, 2011, a federal court in Massachusetts held that an employer was not entitled to information about the named plaintiffs' immigration status in a putative collective action alleging minimum wage violations
First Circuit confirms what every bride knows: event planning requires discretion and independent judgment
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- December 2 2011
On November 28, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision in Hines v State Room, Inc. finding that sales managers for a Boston banquet facility were exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s administrative exemption
Supreme Court to decide whether pharmaceutical sales representatives meet the FLSA's outside sales exemption
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- USA
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- November 28 2011
At 10 a.m. EST today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision to grant certiorari in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp
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