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The Threat of Wage-and-Hour Lawsuits

Wage-and-hour lawsuits have been an escalating threat to companies of all sizes over the past decade. Now outranking discrimination lawsuits, measured by both number of filings and size of settlements, these employment practices lawsuits have become an unforeseen calamity for companies across all industry sectors and a new challenge for risk managers. Alterations made to the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by the US Department of Labor (DOL) in 2004, originally intended to clarify definitions to make it easier for companies to comply, woke this sleeping giant as they sparked awareness among the plaintiff's bar. The DOL and certain state labor departments have stepped up enforcement efforts in recent years, and the DOL has ramped up its Wage-and-Hour Division under the Obama Administration. These elevated regulatory efforts not only result in more fines, but precipitate class action civil lawsuits by employees allowed under the FLSA and equivalent state labor laws.

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Advisen Premier Wage & Hour Webinar

Join Advisen's Premier Wage-and-Hour Webinar on Wednesday June 16, 2010 from 11:00-12:00 PM EDT to ensure that you manage the increased risks of wage and hour claims, stay on top of recent developments , and understand the drivers behind these claims.

According to the Department of Labor, wage and hour class actions currently out number all other discrimination class actions combined. The retail sector has been the hardest hit. Wal-Mart alone has been named in over 80 wage-and-hour class action civil suits, and has agreed to settlements in the hundreds of millions of dollars. However, no sector is immune. To better understand this epidemic and effectively manage increased risks of wage and hour claims, purchase the recorded audio below from Advisen's June 16th, 2010 webinar.

Advisen's Premier Wage-and-Hour Webinar Panel included:

  • Robert Bonsignore, Trial Lawyer at Bonsignore & Brewster
  • Philip Gordon, Attorney and Managing Partner at Gordon Law Group
  • Gerald L. Maatman Jr, Attorney and Partner at Seyfarth Shaw
  • Sharmila Mahendra, VP Financial Lines Center of Excellence, Zurich North America

Purchase the audio from this webinar by clicking below.

Price: $25