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Monthly Archives: June 2010

New DOL interpretation of the term “clothes” under Section 3(o) of the FLSA

Posted in Wage & Hour

From Christina T. Tellado of GT Philadelphia. Thanks and Welcome To Christina! The DOL’s second Administrator’s Interpretation provides an analysis of what constitutes “clothes” under Section 203(o) of the FLSA. Section 203(o) excludes time spent by employees donning and doffing “clothes” or washing time from compensable hours worked where such time is either explicitly addressed… Continue Reading

Supreme Court rules that NLRB lacked authority to issue decisions with only 2 members

Posted in Labor

The Supreme Court issued its decision this morning in the closely-watched case New Process Steel, L.P. v. NLRB.  The issue in the case was whether decisions of the National Labor Relations Board that were decided by only two Board Members are valid. The National Labor Relations Act (“Act”) established a five-member NLRB and requires that… Continue Reading