This week, Universal Health Care in St. Petersburg, Florida laid off approximately 700 employees without notice. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (WARN Act) requires that a company provide at least 60 days’ notice to employees who are part of a plant shutdown or a mass layoff, like this. A lawsuit has been filed against […]
Class Certified in Collective Action Seeking Pay for Student-Interns at Collier Anesthesia
On February 21, 2013, a federal court in Ft. Myers conditionally certified a class of student-interns from Wolford College in a collective action seeking pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) for work performed at Collier Anesthesia, P.A. The plaintiffs allege that they were in fact employees of Collier Anesthesia, but were provided no […]
Liquidated Damages No Longer Mandatory in FLSA Retaliation Cases
The Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion this week which could potentially have a profound effect on employees suing under the anti-retalitation provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Moore, et al v. Appliance Direct, Inc., et al, the Court faced the issue of whether an award of liquidated damages are mandatory under the […]
Women’s Unemployment Surpasses Men’s
For the first time in more than six years, the unemployment rate for adult women exceeds that for men.
Women’s Unemployment Surpasses Men’s
For the first time in more than six years, the unemployment rate for adult women exceeds that for men.
Four Years Later, 28,000 More Jobs
It appears that the past four years had a net gain of just 28,000 jobs. Private-sector jobs were up, but government employment was down.