FLSA

Banquet hall dishes more than $300K in back pay, penalties

01/11/2017

An Indian restaurant and banquet hall in Garden City, N.Y., will pay $285,800 in back wages and liquidated damages to 24 workers to resolve allegations it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Buffalo gas stations to pump $84K into employees’ pockets

01/11/2017

The owner of three Buffalo area gas stations will pay $84,000 in back pay to 41 employees.

Remind bosses they can be liable for pay violations

01/03/2017

Remind supervisors that under the law, they can be held personally liable for wage-and-hour violations.

Tango Bakery can’t dance around OT requirements

12/29/2016

The Department of Labor alleges that Tango Bakery’s owners failed to pay 20 workers $75,218 in overtime pay.

Life Time Fitness pays $976k in back pay in 26 states

12/22/2016

Chanhassan, Minn.-based Life Time Fitness will pay nearly a million dollars in back pay and liquidated damages to resolve charges it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act at fitness centers nationwide.

5th Circuit to hear expedited overtime appeal

12/13/2016

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to an Obama administration request to fast-track an appeal of a federal judge’s injunction preventing new overtime rules from taking effect.

Houston strippers to receive $1.1 million for pay violations

12/12/2016

The owners of four adult entertainment clubs in Houston will pay more than $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit filed against them by some of their dancers.

Even very small employers are probably covered by Fair Labor Standards Act

12/12/2016

Any employer that does at least $500,000 worth of business is probably covered by the Fair Labor Standards Aact.

Strip club’s stage lease doesn’t stop wage lawsuit

12/06/2016

An exotic dancer at Philadelphia’s Gold Club can sue under the Fair Labor Standards Act, following a ruling by a federal appeals court panel.

Obama’s DOL going out in wage-and-hour blaze of glory