by John O'Toole | Jun 12, 2015 | Employment
Many large businesses would like to eliminate class action lawsuits altogether. They know that with those types of class action cases prohibited, they would be rendered virtually immune from suit on a huge variety of topics. Since they would be unlikely to be...
by John O'Toole | Jan 10, 2015 | Employment
In the U.S., there are two major classifications of employees. Exempt and non-exempt. The exemption referred to relates to whether the employee is exempt from federal wage and hour laws dealing with overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). For many...
by John O'Toole | Dec 19, 2014 | Employment
The latest fallout from the Sony Pictures computer breach, where hackers released thousands of pages of internal company emails and other personal, confidential information of employees, is a class action lawsuit that has been filed by former employees of the studio....
by John O'Toole | Nov 14, 2014 | Employment
Employment law cases for employees are often difficult. They often feel isolated and with the sense that their treatment or discrimination is only happening to them. With the evisceration of the union movement, workers are often subjected to unfair treatment and lack...
by John O'Toole | Oct 23, 2014 | Employment
Amazon’s warehouse workers are suing for time theft in a case involving their waiting in security lines when they exit the workplace at the end of the day. Amazon does not want to pay for this time, claiming it is exempted by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....
by John O'Toole | Oct 16, 2014 | Employment
A non-compete clause is typically used by an employer to protect valuable employees from being attracted to another employer. This anticompetitive device is generally permitted by courts as necessary in some cases to protect the training and knowledge that an employer...
