by Tim Coffield | Sep 18, 2023 | FLSA, Insights, Minimum Wages, Misclassification, Overtime, Supreme Court Cases, Wages
In United States v. Silk, 331 U.S. 704 (1947), the Supreme Court applied a multi-factor test for determining whether workers were independent contractors or employees. The case is important because, inter alia, these “Silk factors” came to be applied in cases under...
by Tim Coffield | Jul 28, 2023 | FLSA, Insights, Misclassification, Overtime, Supreme Court Cases, Wages
In Rutherford Food Corp. v. McComb, 331 U.S. 722 (1947), the Supreme Court held that the meat boners working in a slaughterhouse, who worked under a contract, owned their own tools, and were paid collectively based on their production, which pay they divided among...
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...
