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Showing posts with label employer obligations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label employer obligations. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 04, 2025

04 Feb

SCOTUS Makes It Harder for Workers to Recover Wages

On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera that employers only need to prove that employees are exempt under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") by a "preponderance of the evidence" (more likely than not) to defeat a wage and hour claim. This decision replaces...