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By: Ralph Culpepper III and Kevin M. Young

Seyfarth Synopsis: In one of its final rulings of 2025, the Eleventh Circuit in Villarino v. Pacesetter Personnel Services, Inc. affirmed summary judgment in favor of a staffing agency, rejecting minimum wage and compensation claims tied to optional van transportation and pre- and post-shift activities. The court held that deductions for use…

Continue Reading No Free Rides: Eleventh Circuit Upholds Deductions, and Rejects Wait-Time Claims, for Employer-Provided Vans

[New York employers should expect heightened scrutiny of their wage-and-hour policies in 2026.]

As we kick off 2026, it is an important reminder for employers that New York is a hotbed for wage-hour issues.  The Eastern and Southern Districts of New York consistently see more cases asserting claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) than any other…

Continue Reading Wage and Hour Issues for New York Employers in 2026

By: Ariel Fenster, Noah Finkel, Christina Jaremus, and Kevin Young

Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the U.S. DOL issued a final rule limiting use of the FLSA’s tip credit for tipped employees who sometimes perform non-tipped work. Declining a more flexible approach advocated by many employers in response to the proposed rule, the final rule reinstates a …
Continue Reading No Substitutions: DOL Finalizes Time-Based Limit on Non-Tipped Work By Tip Credit Employees

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

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On July 21, 2021, the US Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to establish standards and procedures to implement and enforce Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage

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Continue Reading Webinar: Raising the Minimum Wage by Presidential Fiat – Implications for Government Contractors of a Pay Bump to $15/hour

By: Ariel Fenster and Noah Finkel

Seyfarth Synopsis:  If the gist of a proposed regulation is made final, the 80/20 rule will be back, and with a vengeance.  Employers who take a tip credit for their tipped employees will have to ensure that those employees spend no more than 20 percent of their time in a workweek, and no more …
Continue Reading Proposed Tip Credit Regulations Place Further Litigation on the Menu

By Kevin M. Young and Scott P. Mallery

Seyfarth Synopsis. Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate have reintroduced a bill to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 for virtually all non-exempt workers. While the “Fight For Fifteen” has made several trips to Congress before, the circumstances are much different this time around. While the proposed law likely won’t …
Continue Reading The Fight For $15 Returns to Congress