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Mo’s Seafood to pay $1M to workers who sued over pay
The company operating Mo's Seafood restaurants will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit with 34 former employees who said they were underpaid.
Laura L. Rubenstein: Should you tell employees how to dress for work?
Employers are all over the map in what they consider acceptable workplace attire, even companies in the same industry.
New DOL opinion letters offer employers guidance
After nearly a 10-year hiatus, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently issued three formal opinion letters, setting forth its views on various wage-and-hour issues addressed to the WHD by interested parties.
Brian J. Markovitz: An Epic fail for workers
The power of class actions took a major blow earlier this month as the Supreme Court held in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis that arbitration agreements banning class actions for employees are enforceable.
McDonald’s workers file sex harassment claims
Energized by the #MeToo movement, two national advocacy groups are teaming up to lodge sexual harassment complaints against McDonald's on behalf of 10 women who have worked at the fast food restaurant in nine cities.
Supreme Court says employers can bar worker class-actions
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers can force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits to press legal claims.
Paid sick leave delay passes Senate, faces dim future
A bill to delay the implementation and enforcement of the controversial paid sick leave law faces a dim future after passing the Senate on Thursday.
4th Circuit: Exotic dancers in Prince George’s Co. are employees
The owner of two Prince George’s County strip clubs owes his dancers unpaid wages because they were employees and not independent contractors -- as he had erroneously asserted -- a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
U.S. Labor Department updates position on contract workers
The Department of Labor has weighed in on when to classify workers as employees and independent contractors, issuing a 15-page memo with new interpretations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
McCormick & Co. retirement offer affects mainly Baltimore area
The retirement offer affected about 5 percent of the Sparks-based company's U.S. workforce.
Watchdog: Patent telework program invites abuse
An internal watchdog says thousands of federal patent workers are allowed to work from home with little supervision and face almost no discipline even if they lie about the hours they put in.
Wal-Mart cuts health benefits for some part-timers
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to eliminate health insurance coverage for some of its part-time U.S. employees in a move aimed at controlling rising health care costs of the nation's largest private employer.
