Health Care Tech Firm Faces Overtime Class Action
An overtime class action has been filed against CereCore, a subsidiary of hospital giant HCA Healthcare. CereCore began life as HCA's in-house technology department, but in the last 15 years morphed into a stand-alone company offering healthcare staffing services nationally and internationally, with a focus on technology and
DOL's New Salary Threshold is Effective on July 1 Absent Successful Legal Challenge
Unless a pending legal challenge succeeds, beginning July 1, 2024, U.S. employers must pay their salaried employees at least $844 per week ($43,888 per year) in order to exempt them from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Department of Labor's new rule is
Staffing Firm Owner and Manager Hit With $1.4 Million in Fines by Massachusetts AG
Many business owners are not aware that they are potentially subject to personal liability under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act for wage/hour violations. Some states impose personal liability as well.
Ninth Circuit Rules That Computer Startup Time is Compensable Under the FLSA
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has overruled a Nevada District Court and found that time spent by call center workers booting up computers is integral to
the employees' duties of receiving customer phone calls and scheduling appliance
pickups, and therefore is compensable work time under the
