Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

9th Cir: FLSA Permits Different Pay for Same Work on Different Shifts

The 9th Circuit has upheld an employer’s use of a lower regular pay rate for employees who work on 12-hour shift than for other employees doing the same work on 8-hour shifts.  The employer had moved some employees to the 12-hour schedule at their own request, and with their (and their union’s) consent to the lowered […]