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"Not Willful" Is Not The Same As "No Bad Faith" - A Lesson In FLSA Liquidated Damages

Kollman & Saucier

08/06/2019

Damages, Employer Liability, Wage & Hour

After a jury verdict was returned in favor of a group of Baltimore nightclub exotic dancers for their claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Maryland wage and hour law against the nightclub owner and the two nightclub entities, the presiding Magistrate Judge also awarded liquidated damages to the plaintiffs. The club owner appealed on various grounds including questioning how the judge was able to award liquidated damages when the jury had...

Vincent Jackson

05/03/2019

Agency Activity, Independent Contractors, Wage & Hour

On April 29, 2019, the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter (FLSA2019-6) stating that workers in the “gig” or “sharing” economy should be considered as independent contractors rather than employees. This opinion letter, while limited to the specific facts of the anonymous company who requested it, has potentially wide-ranging consequences for the sharing economy as a whole. The DOL’s letter...

Kollman & Saucier

04/01/2019

Wage & Hour

The Maryland General Assembly has voted to override Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of legislation increasing the minimum wage. As a result, the minimum wage in the State will increase to $15 per hour by 2025 for employers with 15 or more employees and 2026 for employers with 14 or fewer employees. The minimum wage will gradually increase over the next six to seven years, depending on the size of the employer, with the first increase occurring on...

Kollman & Saucier

03/28/2019

Agency Activity, Wage & Hour

As anyone who has ever tried to properly calculate overtime can attest, the question of what compensation should properly be included in an employee's regular rate of pay is a vexing one. On March 28, 2019, the United States Department of Labor proposed new rules that may add some clarity. The "regular rate" of pay is the base number that employers must multiply by 1.5 to determine how much overtime compensation is owed to an employee for hours...

Kollman & Saucier

03/14/2019

Wage & Hour

Ed Alonso worked for Akal Security, Incorporated (“Akal”) as an Aviation Security Officer (“ASO”). ASO’s supervise people being deported from the United States during domestic travel between holding facilities and international travel to the deportees’ home countries. Once deportees are transported to their home countries, ASO's take a return flight to the United States. Akal’s policy provided for a one-hour unpaid meal period on...

Kollman & Saucier

03/08/2019

Agency Activity, Legal Developments, Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour

This has been an action-packed week on the wage and hour frontier. Two important decisions at the federal level are expected to significantly impact most employers going forward. Revised Overtime Rule First, on Thursday evening, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced its long-awaited proposed rule to update the salary exemption threshold under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) from its 2004 levels. All employees who are paid a salary falling...

Kollman & Saucier

01/29/2019

Virginia Employment Law, Wage & Hour

Unlike many states, Virginia does not provide a statutory right for employees to sue their employer for unpaid wages. At present, an employee is limited to filing a complaint with the state Department of Labor & Industry or filing suit for breach of contract. However, two bills introduced by Delegates from both sides of the aisle may soon change that. House Bills 1687 and 2524 would both amend Virginia Code Section 40.1-29 to allow employees...

Kollman & Saucier

12/07/2018

Agency Activity, Wage & Hour

Employers in the restaurant industry are probably familiar with the tip credit, which, in general terms, allows an employer to claim a “credit” between what it pays tipped employees and the minimum wage. The tips that such employees earn, and form the basis for the “credit,” are thought to make up for this gap. However, problems arise when tipped employees perform side work that is related, but not part of, the tipped work. For example,...

Kollman & Saucier

11/07/2018

Age Discrimination, Gender Identity, Legislative Developments, Medical/Legal Marijuana, State Law, Wage & Hour

As votes in yesterday’s elections continue to be tallied, there were several developments of interest to employers and to labor and employment practitioners alike. Age: The ADEA Applies To Public Sector Employers Of All Sizes First, yesterday morning, the Supreme Court announced its first decision of the 2018-19 term. In a unanimous (8-0) ruling, the Court held in Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...

Kollman & Saucier

11/02/2018

Legislative Developments, State Law, Wage & Hour

You may recall that earlier this year, voters in the District of Columbia passed an initiative (Initiative 77) that would have increased the minimum wage for tipped employees (who predominantly work in the restaurant, hotel, and retail service industries) incrementally up to $15.00 an hour by 2025. Recently, however, the D.C. Council changed course by passing the Tipped Wage Workers Fairness Amendment Act of 2018 (the "Act"). Most directly, the...

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"Not Willful" Is Not The Same As "No Bad Faith" - A Lesson In FLSA Liquidated Damages

Department of Labor Opines That Gig Workers are Independent Contractors

Maryland Increases Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour

DOL Proposes New Rules on Regular Rate Calculations

Meal Periods On Plane Are Not Compensable Time

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Virginia General Assembly Considering Bills to Allow Employees to Sue for Unpaid Wages

Department of Labor Rescinds 80/20 Tip Rule

Age and Wage Issues Among Many Resolved On Election Day

D.C. Creates New Training And Reporting Obligations For Employers With Tipped Employees

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