A hotel operator deliberately kept two sets of time records in an effort to avoid paying overtime. The result was predictable. The employer was caught and had to pay almost $42,000 in back wages and penalties.

A national discount retail chain has successfully argued that its managers are exempt workers and do not earn overtime pay when putting in more than 40 hours during a given workweek.

An Alabama city government is working toward settling a lawsuit brought by the municipality's firefighters, but it will likely cost a significant amount of money.

A Pennsylvania hospital and health care system is in the process of negotiating a settlement with current and former employees over alleged improper overtime calculations.

An appeal in a labor lawsuit has made it possible for the former employee of an automotive glass repair company to possibly create a class-action lawsuit.

Unless involved in an independent league, minor-league baseball players on teams across the country are employed by major league organizations.

Employee classification can be difficult, considering the multi-step tests that must apply in whole for workers to be exempt from the wage and overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

A member of the cheerleading team for an Ohio-based professional football squad has filed a lawsuit based on alleged employee time and pay discrepancies, following the steps of another cheerleader from California who filed a similar suit in late January.

A lawsuit over employee classification gained steam as a group of 9,800 current and former staff members at a major computer and electronics manufacturer received permission to conditionally function as a single class.