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Reply Brief Filed for Simmons Appeal in Fourth Circuit

May 17th, 2010
In Simmons v. United Mortgage and Loan Investment, LLC, we have filed this reply brief with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in this wage and hour case. See here for a summary of the case. Ann Groninger, Burton Craige, and Narendra Ghosh are repre… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Ann Groninger, Appeals, Briefs, Burton Craige, Class Action, Collective Action, FLSA, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, Narendra Ghosh, NC Wage and Hour Act, Overtime, Wage and Hour

Brief Filed for Underpaid Workers in FLSA Appeal to Fourth Circuit

April 22nd, 2010
In Simmons v. United Mortgage and Loan Investment, LLC, we have filed this opening brief with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in this wage and hour case. The plaintiffs are Charlotte-based Junior Asset Managers for a mortgage company who were not… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Ann Groninger, Appeals, Burton Craige, Class Action, Collective Action, FLSA, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, Narendra Ghosh, North Carolina Wage and Hour Act, Overtime, Wage and Hour

DOL Concerned About Unpaid Internships, and New Protection for Nursing Mothers

April 11th, 2010
The federal Department of Labor is stepping up enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with regard to unpaid internships because such arrangements very well could be violating the FLSA’s minimum wage requirements. In other FLSA news,… Read More
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Categories: Legislative Action
Tags: FLSA, Interships, Labor and Employment, Minimum Wage, Nursing Breaks, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Recent Fourth Circuit Labor and Employment Decisions

January 17th, 2010
The Fourth Circuit has published opinions in three labor and employment cases in recent weeks. The first case, Sepulveda v. Allen Family Foods, Inc., concerned a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action that was brought on behalf of a class… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Collective Action, Concerted Activity, FLSA, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, NLRB, Retaliation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Union, Wage and Hour

More Retaliation Claims Being Filed

October 14th, 2009
A recent Wall Street Journal article highlights the trend of more retaliation cases being filed with the EEOC, and likely the courts. In addition to retaliation claims that are filed with the EEOC (i.e. retaliation related to race, sex, disability, e… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: EEOC, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Labor and Employment, REDA, Retaliation, Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act

Ninth Circuit Says Individual Managers Can Be Held Responsible for FLSA Violations, Regardless of Bankruptcy

August 2nd, 2009
In Boucher v. Shaw, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that individual managers/owners — in this case a hotel’s CEO, CFO, and labor/employment manager — may be held liable for unpaid wages, vacation, and holiday pay under the Fair… Read More
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Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: Bankruptcy, Case Commentary, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Labor and Employment, Lost Wages, Manager Liability, Ninth Circuit

Fourth Circuit Finds for Plaintiff in FLSA Overtime Case

May 27th, 2009
In Desmond v. PNGI Charles Town Gaming, the Fourth Circuit reversed the trial court, concluding instead that the plaintiff was not exempt from being paid overtime as an administrative employee. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), one of the &#… Read More
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Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: Case Commentary, FLSA, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, Overtime, Wage and Hour, White Collar Exceptions
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