Workers keep hearing about "no taxes on overtime in 2026," but the reality is more complicated: President Trump has promoted the idea, yet available reporting shows only proposals and commentary, not ...

This year is set to be incredibly busy for HR professionals and in-house employment lawyers. With the Employment Rights Act ...

Third Circuit Approves Waiver of FLSA Claims as Part of Class Action Settlement The practical implications of Lundeenv.10 West Ferry Operations d/b/a Logan Inn, are significant and remove a potential ...

Sid Lewis is a partner at Jones Walker and leader of the firm’s labor and employment practice group. As a labor and employment law attorney, misclassification is by far the most common mistake I see ...

The IRS issued guidance for workers eligible to claim the temporary deductions for tip and overtime compensation for tax year 2025 and is updating some income tax forms and instructions to help ...

“Today’s opinion provides clarity to wage and hour lawyers trying to structure settlements in ‘hybrid’ class/collective actions. I’m pleased that the Third Circuit made its opinion ‘precedential,’” ...

An employee working for two ostensibly separate but “operationally integrated” businesses is considered jointly employed, and the employee’s hours worked for the businesses must be combined for the ...

Care workers warn that a new Labor Department rule would cut vital wage and hour protections, threatening millions of caregivers who support seniors and people with disabilities. The Department of ...

Des Moines Metro Opera utilizes a "seasonal amusement" exemption in federal labor law to avoid paying overtime and minimum wage. Critics argue this 59-year-old law is outdated, unfair, and easily ...

Google is upgrading Audio Overviews in NotebookLM with three additional formats, like Debate, that provide an alternative to the ever-popular podcast style. The default experience is called Deep Dive: ...

Overtime pay laws require employers to pay eligible employees if they work more than their usual hours. Designed to prevent worker exploitation and ensure fair pay for extra labor, these laws apply to ...

Workers on a lunch break wave to a passing Southern Pacific caboose in San Luis Obispo, Calif. on March 12, 1984. Tony Hertz Whether you’re clocking in at a fast food counter, retail store, ...