Businesses that fail to keep track of employee pay and work hours are easy targets for plaintiff lawyers.

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A Kansas jury on Wednesday awarded about $503,000 to current and former hourly employees in a suit against Tyson Foods and Tyson Fresh Meats.

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A class action lawsuit against Applebee's appears to be heading to trial in federal court. In a series of orders this week, U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey declined to decertify the class of more than 5,500 current and former servers and bartenders who say they were forced to perform work for which they couldn't collect tips. The judge also admitted most of the testimony from the plaintiffs' experts.

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Three recent opinion letters from the federal Department of Labor remind employers that in addition to paying for all work time, they might also have to pay employees for training time, including doing their homework. Whether training time is paid ...

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