When we see a message like this, it’s a compelling reminder why we fight and win for our clients. And we aren’t going to stop.

Fired for asking for a tip. This WaPo article emphasizes the vulnerability of low-wage immigrant workers and tipped employees. #FightFor15 washingtonpost.com/local/they-hav…

Good article, but the 80/20 rule being challenged is NOT an Obama era interpretation. The rule first appeared in the DOL’s 1988 Handbook. U.S. Dep't of Labor, Wage & Hour Div., § 30d00(e) (Dec. 9, 1988)). Seems like the lawsuit is (very) untimely under APA.

Samuel Gompers gave this famous speech almost exactly 125 years ago in Chicago: "What does labor want...We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books & less arsenals; more learning & less vice; more leisure & less greed; more justice & less revenge" gompers.umd.edu/1893%20more%20…

And the 9th Cir’s 9/18/18 en banc decision in Marsh addresses many of the lame procedural arguments made in the Texas 80/20 case as being “decades” outside the applicable stat. of limitations. google.com/amp/s/www.bna.…

The USDOL’s Fall agenda: 1) weaken overtime pay protections for employees; 2) eliminate regulations requiring corporations to report serious injuries, repeal other safety employee protections; 3) remove provisions in health savings accounts ensuring workers get promised benefits.

Reminder that most states have laws requiring employers to allow employees time off to vote. In Illinois, EES get 2 paid hours to vote. ER decides when hours are taken, with limitations. EE must request leave 1 day in advance (for general election). 10 ILCS §5/7-42, 5/17-15.

Receive an unsolicited text from the GOP/RNC? It's possible the text message violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Hey, politicians and political organizations are covered by the same federal laws as regular citizens.

"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher." -- Abraham Lincoln, Jan. 27, 1838

Navigating mass individual arbitrations or getting ready to handle an individual arbitration hearing? Doug Werman Werman Salas P.C. and Matt Helland Nichols Kaster, PLLP will cover this and more. bit.ly/protectingwages #employmentlaw

Werman Salas lawyers Douglas Werman, Sarah Arendt and Zac Flowerree were honored to all speak at the National Employment Lawyers Association conference in Denver on April 12 and 13th. #employmentlaw #overtime NELA

“They worked in sweltering heat for Exxon, Shell and Walmart. They didn’t get paid a dime.” Today we sued Cenikor in the U.S. Dist. Court in Louisiana for failing to pay its patients federally required minimum wages and overtime pay. [email protected] revealnews.org/article/they-w…

Thanks to the NYT for exposing the harsh realties of home health employees. If you are such a worker, learn your rights to overtime pay, minimum wages and sleep periods. nytimes.com/2019/09/02/nyr… via ⁦The New York Times⁩

Werman Salas P.C. Announces New Partners - mailchi.mp/1f8c64769405/w… #chicagolawfirm #overtime

Simply incredible.

An important decision this week from a federal district court in Chicago confirming the constitutionality of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Read about our win in Bryant v. Compass Group USA here: cookcountyrecord.com/stories/566585…

RT if you think the minimum wage should be raised to $15/hour

Ex-Topgolf workers alleging that the company improperly collected and stored employees' fingerprint data in violation of Illinois' landmark biometric privacy law asked an Illinois federal judge to approve a $2.6 million settlement resolving the litigation. law360.com/articles/13914…