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Recent revision of the regulations governing exemptions from overtime for "white collar" employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the dramatic growth of multiple plaintiff and class action lawsuits under federal and state laws have made wage and hour law an even greater concern for employers.  Jackson Lewis attorneys lead in the field in assisting employers to master the complex laws governing hours of work and payment of wages.  Through the development of effective strategies, we help employers minimize the cost of legal compliance, and, when necessary, defend employers in administrative and judicial proceedings under federal and state laws governing independent contractor status, entitlement to overtime or other premium pay, calculation of overtime pay, recordkeeping obligations, and payment of vacation, personal or sick pay.

We assist employers with the creation and administration of practices that comply with wage-hour and paid time off requirements, including:

  • Developing, reviewing, revising, and auditing wage and compensation policies;
  • Assisting with proper classification of exempt, nonexempt and independent contract workers; 
  • Structuring commissions, bonuses, incentive payments and other compensation programs; and,
  • Reviewing overtime pay calculations.

When representing employers in class and collective actions, we routinely oppose class certification and notice to potential class opt-in participants, as well as defend all other aspects of multiple plaintiff litigation, including resolution through settlement of claims.  

Jackson Lewis attorneys can assist employers in identifying legal needs, building a solid defense, meeting compliance requirements, and developing best practices. For more information, please contact practice area coordinator Paul DeCamp or the Jackson Lewis attorney with whom you regularly work.

Wage and Hour Compliance Legal Updates

Employers Beware: Internships are Not Free Labor
[8/24/2010] Employers may have their pick of applicants to fill paid and unpaid internship positions this fall. Internships traditionally are sought by college students to gain work experience, but the recession and the resulting loss of jobs have prompted people of all experience levels to apply for read more »
Appeals Court Rules Insurance Agent is an Independent Contractor, not Employee, under Title VII
[8/9/2010] The federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that an insurance agent was an independent contractor, not an employee, for purposes of various federal employment statutes, and therefore was not protected from discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Murray v. read more »
"Rounding" Update: New Jersey Department of Labor Hears Testimony on Proposed Regulations
[8/5/2010] The New Jersey Department of Labor held a public hearing on a proposed rule to adopt the federal standard permitting "rounding" of employees' starting and stopping time to the nearest five minutes, 1/10 of an hour, or quarter of an hour, for calculating compensable work time. Supporting the read more »
Check or Cash No Longer Only Options to Pay Wages In Tennessee
[7/29/2010] Tennessee's wage payment law has been amended specifically to allow payment of employees by electronic automated funds transfers. Before the amendment, the law specified that payment should be by check or cash, but was silent on electronic payments. read more »
Second Circuit Narrowly Circumscribes FLSA's Outside Sales and Administrative Exemptions
[7/9/2010] Continuing the judiciary's increasingly narrow interpretation of the overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in New York) has held that pharmaceutical sales representatives are not exempt outside sales or administrative employees. read more »

Partners and Of Counsel Concentrating in Wage and Hour Compliance

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Stephanie L. Adler
Partner
Orlando Email (407) 246-8409
David S. Allen
Partner
Los Angeles Email (213) 689-0404
Jamerson C. Allen
Partner
San Francisco Email (415) 536-6341
Brooks R. Amiot
Partner
Baltimore Email (410) 415-2005
John M. Barr
Partner
Richmond Email (804) 212-2851
Yvonne N. Beshany
Of Counsel
Birmingham Email (205) 332-3118
Magdalen Blessey Bickford
Partner
New Orleans Email (504) 208-5847
David H. Black
Of Counsel
Seattle Email (206) 626-6431
Mitchell Boyarsky
Partner
Morristown Email (973) 451-6367
David S. Bradshaw
Managing Partner
Sacramento   (916) 341-0404
Jeffrey W. Brecher
Partner
Long Island Email (631) 247-4652
JoAnna L. Brooks
Partner
San Francisco Email (415) 394-9400
Peter R. Bulmer
Partner
Chicago Email (312) 803-2501
Joseph H. Calvin III
Partner
Birmingham Email (205) 332-3119
Scott A. Carroll
Managing Partner
Cincinnati Email (513) 898-0050
Victoria Woodin Chavey
Partner
Hartford Email (860) 331-1534
James L. Cook
Of Counsel
Albuquerque Email (505) 878-0515
Jeffrey J. Corradino
Partner
Morristown Email (973) 538-6890
M. Robin Davis
Partner
Raleigh-Durham Email (919) 424-8609
Thomas A. Davis
Managing Partner
Birmingham Email (205) 332-3101
William L. Davis
Partner
Dallas Email (214) 520-2400
Paul DeCamp
Partner
Washington DC Region Email (703) 483-8305
Michael J. DePonte
Of Counsel
Dallas Email (214) 647-2107
A. Patricia Diulus-Myers
Partner
Pittsburgh Email (412) 232-0180
Joseph S. Dreesen
Partner
Omaha Email (402) 391-1991
David J. Duddleston
Managing Partner
Minneapolis Email (612) 359-1762
Patrick L. Egan
Partner
Boston Email (617) 367-0025
Felice B. Ekelman
Partner
New York Email (212) 545-4005
Mia Farber
Partner
Los Angeles Email (213) 689-0404
Debra Weiss Ford
Managing Partner
Portsmouth Email (603) 559-2700
Pedro P. Forment
Partner
Miami Email (305) 577-7604
Joseph G. (Chip) Galagaza
Partner
Houston Email (713) 568-7878
Amy Gittler
Managing Partner
Phoenix Email (602) 714-7057
Kelly Gooch
Partner
Memphis Email (901) 462-2603
Richard I. Greenberg
Partner
New York Email (212) 545-4080
Karen E. Griffin
Partner
Dallas Email (214) 520-2400
Rick Grimaldi
Managing Partner
Philadelphia Email (267) 319-7803
Richard J. Hafets
Managing Partner
Baltimore Email (410) 415-2002
Lori Armstrong Halber
Partner
Philadelphia Email (267) 319-7817
Keith L. Hammond
Partner
Orlando Email (407) 246-8424
Dan G. Hartsfield
Partner
Dallas Email (214) 520-2400
Robert Heiferman
Partner
White Plains Email (914) 514-6109
Samantha N. Hoffman
Partner
Orange County Email (949) 885-1360
David G. Hoiles Jr.
Partner
Los Angeles Email (213) 689-0404
Trish Holland
Partner
Raleigh-Durham Email (919) 424-8608
Christopher E. Hoyme
Partner
Omaha Email (402) 827-4232
David G. Islinger
Partner
Morristown Email (973) 538-6890
Nicky Jatana
Partner
Los Angeles Email (213) 689-0404
Robert K. Jones
Partner
Phoenix Email (602) 714-7044
Joel P. Kelly
Partner
Los Angeles Email (213) 689-0404
Dion Y. Kohler
Partner
Atlanta Email (404) 586-1843
Jonathan M. Kozak
Partner
White Plains Email (914) 514-6112
Susan K. Krell
Partner
Hartford Email (860) 522-0404
Karen P. Kruse
Partner
Seattle Email (206) 405-0404
Dale Kuykendall
Partner
Sacramento Email (916) 341-0404
Scott C. Lacunza
Partner
Orange County Email (949) 885-1360
Brian E. Lewis
Of Counsel
Boston Email (617) 367-0025
Penny Ann Lieberman
Partner
White Plains Email (914) 514-6119
Timothy D. Loudon
Partner
Omaha Email (402) 391-1991
Thomas M. Lucas
Partner
Norfolk Email (757) 648-1424
Joseph D. McCluskey
Of Counsel
Washington DC Region Email (703) 483-8304
Emmett F. McGee Jr.
Partner
Baltimore Email (410) 415-2003
Rebecca McSweeney
Of Counsel
Providence Email (401) 490-3444
Wendy J. Mellk
Partner
Long Island Email (631) 247-4614
Nicole Golob Minkow
Of Counsel
Los Angeles Email (213) 689-0404
David K. Montgomery
Partner
Cincinnati Email (513) 898-0050
Victor P. Montoya
Partner
Albuquerque Email (505) 878-0515
Robert H. Morsilli
Partner
Boston Email (617) 367-0025
Peter C. Moskowitz
Partner
New York Email (212) 545-4071
James R. Mulroy II
Managing Partner
Memphis Email (901) 462-2601
Peter F. Munger
Partner
Denver Email (303) 892-0404
Stephen X. Munger
Partner
Atlanta Email (404) 525-8200
David E. Nagle
Managing Partner
Richmond Email (804) 212-2850
Alexander Nemiroff
Partner
Philadelphia Email (267) 319-7816
O. John Norris III
Partner
Memphis Email (901) 462-2602
Mindy S. Novick
Partner
Los Angeles Email (213) 689-0404
Dale Owens
Partner
Atlanta Email (404) 586-1838
Tasos C. Paindiris
Managing Partner
Miami Email (305) 577-7600
Cary G. Palmer
Partner
Sacramento Email (916) 341-0404
Rob Pattison
Partner
San Francisco Email (415) 394-9400
Charles W. Pautsch
Partner
Milwaukee Email (262) 780-1452
James A. Prozzi
Partner
Pittsburgh Email (412) 232-0185
Jenna Rinehart Rassif
Partner
Miami Email (305) 577-7654
John M. Remy
Managing Partner
Washington DC Region Email (703) 483-8321
Chad P. Richter
Partner
Omaha Email (402) 827-4233
Craig S. Roberts
Partner
Long Island Email (631) 247-4616
Kenneth C. Robling
Of Counsel
Chicago Email (312) 787-4949
Dean A. Rocco
Partner
Los Angeles Email (213) 689-0404
Allan S. Rubin
Partner
Detroit Email (248) 936-1930
Thomas Mead Santoro
Partner
Miami Email (305) 577-7600
Katrin U. Schatz
Of Counsel
Dallas Email (214) 273-5064
Richard W. Schey
Partner
Morristown Email (973) 538-6890
Robert J. Schnack
Of Counsel
Sacramento Email (916) 341-0404
Daniel P. Schwarz
Partner
Portsmouth Email (603) 559-2700
Larry R. Seegull
Partner
Baltimore Email (410) 415-2004
Benjamin D. Sharkey
Partner
Jacksonville Email (904) 638-2661
Diane M. Shelley
Of Counsel
Morristown Email (973) 538-6890
Jonathan A. Siegel
Partner
Orange County Email (949) 885-1360
Paul J. Siegel
Partner
Long Island Email (631) 247-4605
Lewis H. Silverman
Partner
White Plains Email (914) 514-6127
Gregory L. (Skip) Smith, Jr.
Partner
Atlanta Email (404) 525-8200
John A. Snyder
Partner
New York Email (212) 545-4054
Aryn J. Sobo
Of Counsel
Los Angeles Email (213) 689-0404
Paul F. Sorrentino
Managing Partner
San Diego Email (619) 573-4900
Timothy D. Speedy
Partner
Morristown Email (973) 538-6890
Steven M. Stastny
Partner
Birmingham Email (205) 332-3122
James M. Stone
Managing Partner
Cleveland Email (216) 750-4307
Margaret J. Strange
Partner
Hartford Email (860) 522-0404
Martha Velasco Suarez
Of Counsel
Houston Email (713) 650-0404
Devand A. Sukhdeo
Partner
Miami Email (305) 577-7600
Virginia M. Swindell
Of Counsel
Houston Email (713) 568-7855
Pedro J. Torres-Díaz
Partner
Miami Email (305) 577-7600
Guy P. Tully
Partner
Boston Email (617) 367-0025
Teresa S. Valderrama
Managing Partner
Houston Email (713) 650-0404
Todd Van Dyke
Partner
Atlanta Email (404) 586-1814
Robert D. Vogel
Partner
Los Angeles Email (213) 689-0404
Katharine C. Weber
Partner
Cincinnati Email (513) 898-0050
Marc S. Wenger
Partner
Long Island Email (631) 247-4660
David T. Wiley
Partner
Birmingham Email (205) 332-3104
Charles E. Williams Jr.
Partner
Orlando Email (407) 246-8403
Christine L. Wilson
Partner
Miami Email (305) 577-7600
Donald C. Works III
Managing Partner
Orlando Email (407) 246-8433
Elayna J. Youchah
Managing Partner
Las Vegas Email (702) 921-2460
Jeanette R. Youngblood
Of Counsel
Sacramento Email (916) 341-0404
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