New legislation signed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will recognize fashion models under the age of 18 as child performers.

Delivery employees involved in a class action lawsuit against a New York City fast food restaurant urged a judge on Oct. 25 to preliminarily approve a settlement.

A Texas employer and three of its top employees were recently convicted of felonies related to FLSA wage and hour violations.

A Los Angeles woman filed a class action lawsuit against her grocery store employer in 2011, claiming the business failed to pay her and other hourly deli clerks minimum and overtime wages.

One current and two former exotic dancers are seeking class action status against their Atlanta employer for failing to pay wages and requiring the performers to pay fees to work in the nightclub.

Overtime pay for Illinois' prison systems increased 34 percent last year.

On Oct. 1, the beginning of the fiscal year, Mich. Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napolean announced jail deputies would not be able to work hours in excess of 40 after the overtime budget had been depleted.

In a class action lawsuit currently pending in the Missouri Federal Court, workers at a national telephone company claimed they were owed overtime pay for time spent on union-related meetings, therefore violating the Federal Labor Standards Act.

An overtime case filed by Alaskan pilots that was supposed to go before a jury on Oct. 21 has been postponed indefinitely after a ruling in August, according to the Alaska Dispatch.