Posts tagged affirmative defense.
Blogs
less than a minute
By: Kara M. Maciel and Forrest G. Read, IV
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision in Diaz v. Jaguar Rest. Group, LLC underscores the importance for hospitality employers to know which job duties their employees are performing in order to assert every potentially applicable affirmative defense when answering an employee’s FLSA lawsuit for non-payment of overtime. In Diaz, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the trial court’s decision that a restaurant, which failed to raise the administrative exemption to the overtime requirement at any point ...
Blog Editors
Recent Updates
- Video: 100 Days In - What Employers Need to Know - Employment Law This Week
- New Federal Agency Policies and Protocols for Artificial Intelligence Utilization and Procurement Can Provide Useful Guidance for Private Entities
- Video: Non-Competes Eased, Anti-DEI Rule Blocked, Contractor Rule in Limbo - Employment Law This Week
- Video: Insider Strategies for Wage and Hour Compliance Success: One-on-One with Paul DeCamp
- Video: Can the President Fire NLRB Members Without Cause? SCOTUS May Decide - Employment Law This Week