By: Amanda Mazin and David D. Kadue

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Ninth Circuit has held that a weekly per diem benefit paid by a healthcare staffing agency to its traveling clinicians is a wage that increases the employee’s regular rate used to calculate overtime pay. Clarke v. AMN Services, LLC.

Facts

Plaintiffs worked as traveling clinicians for a healthcare staffing company.


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By: Kevin M. Young, Kerry M. Friedrichs, and Ryan McCoy

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Tuesday, the Third Circuit issued a decision rejecting the U.S. DOL’s general position that incentive bonuses paid to employees by a third-party must be factored into overtime pay. While the decision merely endorses a more tempered “it depends” view, it provides welcome news and guidance
Continue Reading Does a Third-Party’s Bonus Payment to Your Employees Require You to Pay More Overtime? Citing Clark Griswold, Appeals Court Says Not Necessarily.

Authored by Alex Passantino

‘Twas the week before Christmas, 2-0-1-5
When the poetry elves on the blog came alive.
Crafting their rhymes with a purpose so clear:
Presenting the wage-hour gems of the year.

In January, for new regs in this year our breath bated.
Then for six painful months, we speculated and waited.
And just as
Continue Reading I’m Dreaming of a White Collar: 2015 Year in Review

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Seyfarth attorney C.J. Eaton published an article in the Winter (2012) edition of the Northeast Human Resources Association’s (“NEHRA“) Insights magazine.  The article “The A to Z of the Massachusetts Wage Payment Law” aims to assist employers in answering some of the difficult questions employers struggle with concerning the Massachusetts Wage Payment Law.Continue Reading The A to Z of the Massachusetts Wage Payment Law

Authored by Laura Reasons

In an important victory for the City of Albuquerque, the Tenth Circuit in Chavez v. City of Albuquerque issued an opinion upholding a decision of the District of New Mexico.

The Tenth Circuit held:  (1) the City’s dual calculation method does not violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”); (2) sale back proceeds for sick leave

Continue Reading Tenth Circuit Approves City of Albuquerque’s Method of Calculating Over Time Pay