by Tim Coffield | Jul 29, 2026 | FLSA, Tim Coffield Attorney
In E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, 604 U.S. 45 (2025), the Supreme Court held that the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard governs when an employer seeks to demonstrate that an employee is exempt from the minimum-wage and overtime-pay provisions of the Fair Labor...
by Tim Coffield | Jun 7, 2023 | FLSA, Insights, Misclassification, Overtime, Supreme Court Cases, Tim Coffield Attorney, Wages
In Goldberg v. Whitaker House Co-op., Inc., 366 U.S. 28, 81 S. Ct. 933, 6 L. Ed. 2d 100 (1961), the Supreme Court held that members of a knitting cooperative who performed “homework,” were paid on a piece-rate basis to make items for the co-op, and who were subject to...
by Tim Coffield | Apr 14, 2023 | FLSA, Insights, Overtime, Supreme Court Cases, Wages
In Helix Energy Sols. Grp., Inc. v. Hewitt, 143 S. Ct. 677 (2023), the Supreme Court held that the salary-basis test for certain exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act is not met when the employee at issue is paid a day rate, even when the day rate exceeds the...
by Tim Coffield | Feb 10, 2023 | Discrimination, Insights, Religion, Religious Accommodation, Supreme Court Cases
In Equal Emp’t Opportunity Comm’n v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., 575 U.S. 768 (2015), the Supreme Court held that to prove a religion-based disparate treatment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a job applicant need only show...
by Tim Coffield | Jan 16, 2023 | Supreme Court
In Torres v. Texas Dep’t of Pub. Safety, 142 S. Ct. 2455 (2022), the Supreme Court held that States do not have sovereign immunity against damages claims for servicemember employment discrimination in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and...
