Federal Wage and Hour Laws EL530
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Over the last decade wage and hour litigation has grown dramatically, with some employers paying millions of dollars to plaintiffs to remedy violations. This webinar will give you a general understanding of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and how it can be used in organizing campaigns to alert unorganized workers to their rights and in collective bargaining to ensure members are paid for all time worked. Once you know the basics of the FLSA compliance, you will know when to call the union's lawyer.
Wage and Hour Fundamentals
- Major provisions of the FLSA
- Employee vs. independent contractor
- Exemptions from the federal minimum wage and overtime requirements
- How to determine compensable hours
- What is off-the-clock?
- Overtime/compensatory time
- Federal record-keeping requirements
- Federal FLSA vs. state wage and hour laws
Latest Case Developments
- Undocumented workers
- Damages
- Donning and doffing
Instructor
James Linsey, Esq., is a litigation partner at the union-side labor law firm of Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP. He has litigated cases throughout the United States for a broad spectrum of labor union and employee clients. In the spring of 2003, he concluded eight years of litigation against the Pepsi Bottling Group in the New Jersey that resulted in a recovery of close to $30 million in back pay, fines and penalties. In November 2003, he initiated a punitive class action complaint against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., in U.S. District Court in New Jersey on behalf of undocumented immigrant workers from around the world who cleaned Wal-Marts in the United States. That lawsuit, which includes causes of action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) has garnered amicus curiae filings from at least two foreign countries--Mexico and the Czech Republic--and has generated intense interest around the globe.