Judge Blocks Obama’s Overtime Pay Raise for White Collar Workers November 23, 2016 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins An Obama administration policy that would have given more white-collar workers overtime starting Dec. 1 was blocked nationwide by a...
Florida Plastic Recycler to Pay $424K in Back Wages to Workers November 9, 2016 The U.S. Department of Labor says a Florida plastic recycler will pay $424,537 in back wages to 195 employees for...
Supreme Court Denies GEICO Appeal on Claims Investigators’ Overtime Pay October 3, 2016 By Robert Iafolla The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear GEICO General Insurance Co.’s appeal of a ruling that the No....
California Judge Rules Apple Workers Can Sue as a Class Over Searches July 17, 2015 For California workers seeking to be paid for time spent getting bags searched after their shifts end, state law may...
Labor Department’s 6-Part Test for Classifying Employees, Independent Contractors July 16, 2015 The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a blog post with new guidance on classifying workers as employees or independent...
Beazley Launches Enhanced Management, Cyber Liability Policy for Law Firms May 14, 2015 Beazley has launched “Beazley Practice Protect,” an enhanced management liability policy for law firms, designed to confront a rapidly evolving...
Commercial Lines Softening to Continue in U.S. in 2015: Marsh February 9, 2015 Competition among property/casualty insurance carriers and the flow of capital into the industry are continuing to drive down rates in...
Supreme Court Nixes Amazon Workers’ Bid for Pay For Security Frisks December 9, 2014 By Greg Stohr Workers don’t have a federal right to be paid for time spent in post-shift security searches, the U.S. Supreme Court...
XL Launches Wage & Hour Liability Insurance Coverage June 21, 2013 XL Group’s Bermuda Professional Lines Unit has launched a new insurance product to specifically address the needs of Fortune 500...
Wage and Hour Claims Among Top Threats to U.S. Employers May 21, 2013 Federal wage and hour lawsuits have reached a surprise record high, according to a report by law firm Seyfarth Shaw...