by Mark Travis | Feb 16, 2024 | FLSA, Retaliation and Whistle-Blowing
In Caudle v. Hard Drive Express, 2024 WL 464078 (Feb. 7, 2024), Caudle sued claiming he was fired in retaliation for threatening to report unlawful employment practices in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Michigan’s Whistleblower Protection...
by Mark Travis | Nov 17, 2021 | Arbitration, FLSA
On November 15, 2021, in Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the the proponent of a contractual waiver defense in arbitration must prove prejudice, and thereby violate the Supreme Court’s directive that lower courts...
by Mark Travis | Nov 15, 2021 | Arbitration, FLSA
In Reeves, et al. v. Enterprise Products Partners, LP (10th Cir., No. 20-5020, 11/09/2021), three employees were hired by staffing companies and assigned to work for Enterprise Products. The employees sued Enterprise claiming violations of the Fair Labor Standards...
by travisadmin | Feb 4, 2018 | ADEA, FLSA, FMLA, Non-Competition Agreements, Title VII
This year, I’m beginning a feature on my website which provides a quarterly employment law update of appellate decisions in Tennessee and the Sixth Circuit. As there will be several cases posted in this update each calendar quarter, I’ve tried to be brief...
by travisadmin | Dec 6, 2016 | FLSA, FMLA
In West v. Wayne County, Michigan and Cathy Garrett, 2016 WL 6994226 (6th Cir., November 30, 2016), the plaintiff West served as Chief of Staff and Chief Deputy Clerk for Cathy Garrett, the elected County Clerk for Wayne County, Michigan. In October 2013 and...
