A Pennsylvania state lawmaker's plan to phase out the subminimum wage for disabled workers is the latest move in a wave of states that have ended or are working to eliminate the policy, despite the federal government going in the opposite direction, attorneys said.
The Third Circuit upheld the dismissal of a former Wawa Inc. employee's harassment suit alleging he was fired for complaining that a supervisor inappropriately touched him, ruling the lone incident at issue does not demonstrate he faced severe mistreatment to keep his case in play.
Three U.S. Supreme Court cases are worth watching for wage and hour attorneys, as they deal with the authority of the U.S. Department of Labor and another agency to punish violators, and courts’ jurisdiction over enforcing arbitration awards. Here, Law360 offers a roundup of those three cases that could end up affecting wage suits.