Dentons’ global Employment and Labor group regularly advises employers at every stage of the wage and hour/working time/overtime continuum, assisting and advising employers in their compliance with laws governing the classification of employees and laws governing the proper wages to be paid those employees.

Wage and hour litigation continues to be on the rise in many parts of the world. Dentons’ employment litigators have extensive experience defending claims of wage and hour violations, including allegations regarding misclassification of employees for overtime purposes and alleged violations of wage payment laws. Our employment litigators have a proven track record of successfully defending against single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class action wage and hour cases both in the courts and before administrative agencies. In putative class action wage and hour cases, our litigators have had a great deal of success in opposing class certification.

Dentons’ employment lawyers also have extensive experience representing employers in governmental investigations concerning wage payment practices.

Insights

Employment Rights Bill amendments: what do they mean for you?

December 5, 2024

United Kingdom: The UK government published the Employment Rights Bill within its first 100 days in office, thereby meeting its target. Now, substantial amendments to the Bill have been revealed. This insight discusses those changes and their likely impact.

Post-Chevron and Beyond – Administrative Law Resource Center

July 10, 2024

At the end of the Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term, the Court’s conservative majority effected a sea-change in federal administrative law, asserting a stronger role for the courts in the regulatory state and bringing into question the legality and viability of many regulatory programs.

U.S. Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine – Implications for Employers

July 3, 2024

On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court overruled its landmark 1984 decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 467 U.S. 837 (creating what is known as the “Chevron Doctrine”), which called for judicial deference to agencies in situations where the law is unclear. Since 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court has relied on Chevron in 70 decisions; federal courts considering administrative authority have cited Chevron over 18,000 times. Specifically in the labor and employment context, agencies such as the U.S. Department of Labor, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, have heavily relied on and regularly invoked the Chevron Doctrine. With Chevron overturned, courts moving forward will likely be less willing to defer to administrative agencies and more willing to question agency-driven rules.

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