Wage and hour

The $60 million security check

|March 4th, 2020|

Apple must pay employees for time spent awaiting and undergoing routine security checks in a ruling that is at odds with a US Supreme Court ruling on a similar case involving temporary workers undergoing post-shift security screens.
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Instacart employees likely misclassified as independent contractors, judge rules

|February 26th, 2020|

Instacart likely misclassifies its workers as independent contractors under California law, a judge ruled when granting a preliminary injunction against the human cloud, food-delivery firm. Instacart plans to appeal the ruling, which has been stayed.
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Double trouble: Worker can sue buyer despite prior settlements with staffing firm

|February 26th, 2020|

A settlement agreement with a staffing agency on a wage-and-hour claim does not necessarily preclude an employee from later suing the staffing agency’s client on the exact same claims, a California appeals court affirmed.
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Farm to pay $600,000 in back wages to settle H-2A complaint

|January 29th, 2020|

A farm in North Carolina will pay $600,000 in back wages to nine local farm workers who alleged they were paid wages lower than temporary foreign workers in the H-2A visa program, The Wake Weekly reports.
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Top analyst insights of 2019

|January 2nd, 2020|

CWS 3.0 strives to provide actionable management advice and insight to enable you to run your program. As we head into 2020, we look back at the most popular insight articles from our team of analysts.
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Rising costs: Minimum wages rise in many states

|January 2nd, 2020|

Many states saw their minimum wages rise Jan. 1 — and programs in those states may well see corresponding bill rate increases from their staffing providers. The National Law Review provides a list of affected states and localities.
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10 most-read CWS 3.0 news stories of 2019

|December 18th, 2019|

CWS 3.0 strives to keep contingent workforce managers informed on events that affect the workforce solutions ecosystem. As 2019 comes to a close, we look back at the most-read news stories of the year.
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Fed actions: $5 million pay-equity settlement; work visa program debarment

|October 23rd, 2019|

Intel settles with DOL over pay discrimination; H-2B visa program violations lead to firm’s five-year debarment.
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Trump administration expands overtime eligibility, raises concerns

|September 25th, 2019|

In its final overtime rule released Monday, the DOL is increasing the amount “executive, administrative or professional employees” must be paid in order for companies to exempt them from overtime.
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DOL lampooned: Court backs buyer, staffing firm in bonus and overtime dispute

|August 28th, 2019|

The Third Circuit Court of Appeal cites National Lampoon’s Clark Griswold when ruling that giving your temps a bonus does not automatically trigger overtime responsibility, attorneys for Seyfarth Shaw LLP write.
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