Rejecting a legal theory widely accepted in many jurisdictions, namely that statutory wage-and-hour laws are intended to preempt claims for alleged unpaid compensation brought pursuant to older, less-specific common law theories, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled last month that an employee whose wage claims may well be time barred under the Massachusetts Wage Act can
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Huffington Post Wins Victory In Bloggers’ Compensation Suit
By Noel P. Tripp on
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The FLSA does not expressly contemplate unpaid volunteer work. And, as we have previously noted, the DOL accepts the non-payment of “interns” only when certain constraints are met. From time to time, providers of online content to web sites, whether paid or unpaid, bring claims that the form of payment provided to…