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FLSA: In Musch v. Domtar - 7th Circuit Holds Not All Post-Shift Activities Are Compensable.

January 4, 2010 at 12:56 pm by Jill Hernandez -- On FLSA | Profile

On November 25, 2009, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ("COA"), in Musch v. Domtar Industries, held that employees' daily post-shift activities of changing clothes and showering due to potential chemical exposure in employer's paper mill was NOT so integral and indispensable to employment that it was subject to overtime compensation under the FLSA. 


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Former Amazon.com Employee Files Lawsuit Against Company For Failing To Pay For All Hours Worked

December 3, 2009 at 9:38 am by Jill Hernandez -- On FLSA | Profile

A former Amazon.com employee in Las Vegas is seeking class-action status for a lawsuit claiming the company's warehouse workers nationwide have been shorted on overtime pay because of the company's practice of rounding time to the quarter hour.   


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Employers Beware: Failing To Comply With Court Order To Pay Back Wages May Land You In Jail

November 6, 2009 at 9:38 am by Jill Hernandez -- On FLSA | Profile

In San Francisco, CA the owners of a residential cleaning service were taken into custody and later released after failing to comply with a court order directing payment of $3.5 million in back wages to 385 employees.  


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Tyson Foods Found Violating Labor Laws

November 6, 2009 at 9:09 am by Jill Hernandez -- On FLSA | Profile

On Industry Week, it was reported that Tyson Foods, the poultry producer, was found in violation of the FLSA for failing to pay employees at an Alabama plant for activities required by the company. 


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Del Monte Fresh Found Liable For Requiring Processing Employees To Don/Doff

November 3, 2009 at 11:28 am by Jill Hernandez -- On FLSA | Profile

On October 1, 2009, a Multonomah County jury in Portland, Oregon, found Del Monte based in Florida had violated Oregon minimum wage laws for having its employees engaging in donning/doffing activities prior to and at the end of their shift and during lunch.  


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Wells Fargo IT Staff Have Been Given Green Light For Class Action In Unpaid Overtime Wages

November 3, 2009 at 10:11 am by Jill Hernandez -- On FLSA | Profile

Current and former Wells Fargo technical support staff who installed, maintained and supported the bank's software and hardware, filed a complaint in 2008 charging that they should have been paid overtime for hours worked over 40 per week.


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Lawsuit Filed Against Bank Of America For Failure To Pay Overtime and Earned Wages

November 3, 2009 at 9:42 am by Jill Hernandez -- On FLSA | Profile

The lawsuit alleges that telephone dedicated call center employees were required to perform essential preparatory and related work activities before and after their paid shifts.  These activities were integral and indispensable for them to perform their duties. 
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Wal-Mart Settles Overtime Lawsuit For $11 Million - It Plans On Settling 63 Similar Lawsuits

October 15, 2009 at 9:00 am by Jill Hernandez -- On FLSA | Profile

A class-action lawsuit filed eight years ago in Clinton County, Iowa accusing Wal-Mart of intimidating employees into working overtime without pay has been settled, the company will pay $11 million. 
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