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  • Fast-growing convenience store operator implementing salary increase despite judge’s injunction

    Sheetz is moving forward as planned to implement the changes outlined in the new overtime rule.        

  • Survey: Many retailers still plan to comply with overtime rule

    More than half (56%) of retailers plan to comply with the planned Fair Standards Labor Act (FLSA) overtime rule for exempt employees on Dec. 1, the date it was to go into effect, despite a Nov. 22 injunction that puts the plan on hold.   That is among the findings of a spot survey of U.S. retailers by the Hay Group division of Korn Ferry.    

  • Off-price retailer to expand overtime pay despite judge’s block

    The TJX Companies isn’t letting a federal judge’s decision to block the Obama administration rule expanding overtime pay get in the way of its plans to comply with the rule.   

  • Walmart loses pay fight with truck drivers

    A lawsuit dating back to 2008 has ended in a federal jury handing down a $55 million verdict against Walmart, and opening up the retailer to penalties.   The jury found that Walmart failed to pay about 850 of its truck drivers in California all of the compensation to which they were entitled, Reuters reported.   

  • Commentary: Federal judge blocks overtime rule

    Retailers finally have their reprieve. Late yesterday afternoon, a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction blocking the enforcement of the FLSA overtime rule. Employers are no longer required to meet the Dec. 1 deadline.  

  • NRF supports injunction blocking new overtime rule

    A federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking an Obama administration rule that would have allowed more employees to qualify for overtime pay by raising the salary limit to $47,476 from $23,660. The new regulations were set to take effect on Dec. 1.   The Labor Department said it “strongly disagreed” with the decision and was “considering all of our legal options.”        

  • Not so fast - court issues time out on new overtime rule

    The National Retail Federation welcomed a judge’s ruling late Tuesday that will prevent the Labor Department’s changes to federal overtime rules from taking effect as scheduled on Dec. 1.   U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by NRF, attorneys general from 21 states and dozens of business groups arguing that the changes are unlawful. The ruling effectively pauses implementation of the rules until the courts reach a final decision on their legality.  

  • Report: Pilot strike could disrupt holiday deliveries for Amazon, others

    The contractor that flies packages for Amazon and DHL Worldwide Express, ABX Air, has asked a federal judge to force its striking pilots back to work as it looks to put an early end to what could be a major disruption to holiday deliveries, Bloomberg reported.   

  • Paid Sick Leave Laws Challenging for Retail Employers

    Paid Sick Leave laws have spread like wildfire across several states and cities, each with their own unique requirements.     Employers in California may find themselves navigating a web of requirements. The state of California’s paid sick leave statute went into effect in July 2015, and there are also local ordinances in the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and San Diego.    

  • Website Accessibility and the ADA: The Clear and Present Dangers

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