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Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights | Fox Rothschild LLP menu Current Page: Home About Contact Subscribe Search Close Enter Search Terms Search Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights Federal Wage & Hour Laws and Policy , General Wage & Hour Law News & Updates , Preliminary/Postliminary , Working Time Will Employers Ever Learn? Boot-Up Cases in Customer Service Call Centers Are A Real Problem! By Mark Tabakman on May 12, 2024 One of the biggest threats facing employers is employees performing pre-shift/post-shift work without being paid and then suing, as a class, for that compensation. This trend is especially prevalent in the customer service/call center sphere where employees must boot up their computers before they start answering calls. Yet another example… Continue Reading Will Employers Ever Learn? Boot-Up Cases in Customer Service Call Centers Are A Real Problem! In 2024, The Need To Take Pot Across State Lines Is Not A Crime But A Necessary Prerequisite For Application Of the Motor Carrier Exemption-A Sign Of The Times! By Mark Tabakman on May 3, 2024 In the movie Blow,” Johnny Depp complains to the Judge about to sentence him for… Continue Reading In 2024, The Need To Take Pot Across State Lines Is Not A Crime But A Necessary Prerequisite For Application Of the Motor Carrier Exemption-A Sign Of The Times! USDOL Exemption Salary Level Becomes Final Shortly–We’ll See? By Mark Tabakman on April 29, 2024 My partner Glenn Grindlinger has written a thoughtful piece on the establishment of the new… Continue Reading USDOL Exemption Salary Level Becomes Final Shortly–We’ll See? Another Security Check Point Case: Compensable Or Not? By Mark Tabakman on April 21, 2024 There have been a number of cases, in different jurisdictions, involving whether time spent undergoing… Continue Reading Another Security Check Point Case: Compensable Or Not? Subscribe to Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights Subscribe to this blog The Latest Travel Time Class Action Tests Meeting Place” Or Staging Point” Issue In Home-to-Work Lawsuit: Compensable? By Mark Tabakman on April 12, 2024 Travel time cases that center around what is/is not home-to-work travel can be very tricky and nuanced. This is especially so when employees have to first meet at a staging… Continue Reading Travel Time Class Action Tests Meeting Place” Or Staging Point” Issue In Home-to-Work Lawsuit: Compensable? Interstate Commerce And The Motor Carrier Exemption: The Doctrine Of Practical Continuity By Mark Tabakman on April 6, 2024 I am a big student of the FLSA motor carrier exemption and have handled many such cases. I often find that a big obstacle for the employer claiming the exemption… Continue Reading Interstate Commerce And The Motor Carrier Exemption: The Doctrine Of Practical Continuity The Fluctuating Work Week Arrangement: What Does Fluctuate Really Mean? By Mark Tabakman on March 20, 2024 I am asked many times by clients whether they should put workers on a fluctuating work week (FWW) arrangement, as a method of providing income stability and also to lower… Continue Reading The Fluctuating Work Week Arrangement: What Does Fluctuate Really Mean? Another Training Time Case Highlights The Issue Of Compulsion.” By Mark Tabakman on March 9, 2024 Under the FLSA, for training time to not be counted as working hours, there are specific conditions that must be met. If all four of these conditions are not met… Continue Reading Another Training Time Case Highlights The Issue Of Compulsion.” What Is A ‘Live-In’ Nanny For The FLSA Domestic Exemption? First Step-She Has To Live In The House By Mark Tabakman on February 23, 2024 There are many exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and an interesting one, one that does not get a lot of attention or play” is the domestic worker exemption. … Continue Reading What Is A ‘Live-In’ Nanny For The FLSA Domestic Exemption? First Step-She Has To Live In The House How To Prepare For The New Salary Threshold For The White Collar Exemptions: Be Proactive! By Mark Tabakman on February 15, 2024 The new salary threshold for exempt employees is coming soon. The current minimum level is $35,568 per year ($684 per week) and the proposal is to increase it to $55,068… Continue Reading How To Prepare For The New Salary Threshold For The White Collar Exemptions: Be Proactive! What Is Included In The Regular Rate For Overtime Calculation? The Ninth Circuit Weighs In By Mark Tabakman on February 6, 2024 I am always interested in cases that analyze what payments should and should not be included in the regular rate. These issues are important to employers because their overtime liability/exposure… Continue Reading What Is Included In The Regular Rate For Overtime Calculation? The Ninth Circuit Weighs In USDOL Issues Final Independent Contractor Rule: The Box Closes In (A Little More) By Mark Tabakman on January 26, 2024 My colleagues, Colin Dougherty and Lindsey Cook, wrote about the coming of a new USDOL independent contractor rule that would likely further hamper an employer’s ability to use individuals (e.g. Continue Reading USDOL Issues Final Independent Contractor Rule: The Box Closes In (A Little More) Materials Delivery And Davis-Bacon Act Prevailing Wage Rates: What Are The Rules? By Mark Tabakman on January 20, 2024 I have handled numerous prevailing wage cases, both Davis Bacon Act and State laws, and have come to understand that it often is a gray issue whether materials delivery and… Continue Reading Materials Delivery And Davis-Bacon Act Prevailing Wage Rates: What Are The Rules? View All Topics View All Posts About this Blog In a climate of increasingly complex workplace regulations, employers need strategies that result in productive and cost-effective business outcomes. Fox Rothschild attorneys offer timely, creative and aggressive advice and solutions that resolve – and even prevent – disputes and costly litigation involving wage and hour suits. Learn More About this Blog Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights The Fox Legal Network Follow Us on Twitter Subscribe to this blog via RSS View our LinkedIn Profile Privacy Notice Terms of Use About Our Firm Fox Rothschild LLP is a national law firm of 1000 attorneys in offices throughout the United States. 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