United States: New York Governor Again Calls For Higher Minimum Wage

As previously discussed here, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s prior efforts to accelerate an increase in the state’s minimum wage were tabled when the state legislature failed to take any action last summer. New York’s current minimum wage is $8.75/hour, and is scheduled to rise to $9.00/hour at the end of 2015. Governor Cuomo also had sought to grant municipalities the authority to raise wages even higher on their own, but this too was […]

By | January 24th, 2015 ||

United States: Time Spent In Employer-Mandated Security Checks Held Non-Compensable

Loren L. Forrest, Jr. is a senior counsel in Holland & Knight’s New York office
U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk Was Unanimous
HIGHLIGHTS:

Unless employees’ activity is “integral and indispensable” to the principal activities of the employees’ work, it will not be deemed compensable work.
The decision of whether employees’ activities are integral and indispensable to the principal activity of the employees is based on a fact-driven analysis.
Even if the activity is […]

By | January 24th, 2015 ||

United States: HIPAA Medical Privacy Matters: Court Permits ADA Claim To Proceed

Normally I do not like to comment on cases that are not final or court opinions that do not have a definitive outcome on a case. But this is an exception because of the topic, which is HIPPA and privacy, which can get overlooked too frequently. Also, because the facts are such that it could happen to other employers and I bears consideration.

The case is Myers v. Hog Slat, Inc., which is pending in […]

By | January 23rd, 2015 ||