NYC Mayor to Hold Hearing on City’s Salary Disclosure Law

On May 19, 2023, in Clark v. A&L Home Care and Training Center, LLC., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected the familiar two-step certification procedure in collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), instead requiring lead plaintiffs to demonstrate a “strong likelihood” that other employees they seek to represent are “similarly situated” to the original plaintiffs. In so ruling, the Sixth Circuit became just the second circuit court to expressly reject the familiar two-step certification procedure in FLSA collective actions.

Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal recently held that an arbitration agreement was unenforceable in the context of a claim brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when the agreement provides for an award of attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party, contrary to the FLSA’s provision that only a prevailing plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees.

Effective November 18, 2014, the City of Rochester, New York will join various states and municipalities around the country—including Buffalo, New York—that prohibit employers from inquiring about a job applicant’s prior criminal conviction on initial employment applications. Under city ordinance No. 2014-155, it is impermissible for Rochester employers to make inquiries about criminal convictions during the “application process,” which is deemed to have ended once the employer conducts an “initial employment interview” or makes a conditional offer of employer.