Employment & Wage and Hour
Written for practitioners, not for economists. Each piece exists because the same question kept coming up in scoping calls.
Analyzing Promotion and Hiring Disparities: How Economists Test Selection Decisions
How economists define the candidate pool, choose the test, aggregate across units and years, and turn a selection shortfall into a remedy.
Read →Calculating Class-Wide Damages in Equal Pay Litigation
How a class-wide pay disparity becomes a damages figure under the Equal Pay Act, Title VII and California law, member by member and scenario by scenario.
Read →Regression Analysis in Pay Discrimination Class Actions
What a pay regression estimates, how courts treat it, the specification choices that drive the result, and what it takes to attack or defend one.
Read →Statistical Evidence in Discrimination Class Actions: Six Questions for Any Expert Report
Two experts can read the same personnel data and disagree. Six questions locate the choices that explain why, in a report that finds a pattern or one that finds none.
Read →Back Pay vs. Front Pay: How Economists Measure Employment Damages
How an economist builds back pay and front pay in an employment case: the but-for earnings stream, benefits, interim earnings and mitigation, cut-offs, duration and discounting, and where each figure is attacked.
Read →Employee or Independent Contractor? How Forensic Economists Uncover Costly Misclassification
Forensic Economists: A Valuable Expert Witness in Misclassification Cases Attorneys handling employee misclassification cases face unique challenges in proving both the violation and the financial harm. Partnering with…
Read →Bonuses and Regular Rate of Pay Under the FLSA: A Forensic Economist’s Perspective
Understanding how bonuses affect the regular rate of pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is essential for employers seeking compliance and avoiding costly wage-and-hour disputes. Fact…
Read →Hours Worked and Overtime Pay Under the FLSA: An Economic Analysis
Understanding “hours worked” and “overtime pay” regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is crucial for employers and employees. Fact Sheets #22 and #23 from the U.S.…
Read →Analyzing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors: Insights from a Forensic Economist
Compliance with the U.S. Department of Labor’s paid sick leave requirements for federal contractors, outlined in Fact Sheet #84, involves complex economic and regulatory considerations. Forensic economists play…
Read →Understanding the Professional Employee Overtime Exemption Under the FLSA
Navigating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) can be complex for employers and employees alike. Among its most nuanced provisions are the exemptions concerning overtime pay, particularly for…
Read →Healthcare Overtime Disputes: Expert Analysis & Litigation Support
Understanding Healthcare Overtime Violations & Economic Impact The healthcare industry is subject to complex overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many employers, including hospitals, nursing…
Read →FLSA Economic Damages Expert: Compliance and Compensation
Forensic economists can play a crucial role in assisting with damages models in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cases. FLSA cases often involve disputes over wage and hour…
Read →How Economists Navigate Wage and Hour Claims
How Economists Navigate Wage and Hour Claims In California, wage and hour disputes represent a significant portion of labor-related claims, often involving allegations of unpaid wages, worker misclassification,…
Read →Forensic Economist’s Role in Addressing Fair Employment & Housing Act Violations
A forensic economist can play a crucial role in cases related to the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) by providing expert analysis and economic insights. For pay,…
Read →Wrongful Termination
Wrongful termination refers to the illegal or unfair dismissal of an employee from their job. This can occur for a variety of reasons, including discrimination, retaliation, breach of…
Read →Retaliatory actions
Retaliatory actions refer to actions taken in response to a perceived wrongdoing or offense. These actions are often taken with the intent of causing harm or discomfort to…
Read →Refusal to correct payment mistakes
Errors in payment can have serious consequences for individuals, particularly if they rely on the payment for their livelihood or to meet their financial obligations. As a result,…
Read →Wage & Hour
Protecting Your Workplace: Wage and Hour Compliance Services Wage and hour laws are the cornerstone of fair and just employment practices, safeguarding workers’ rights while guiding employers toward…
Read →Calculate loss of benefits
One of the most common types of damages in a personal injury case is lost wages. This can include both past and future lost wages, as well as…
Read →ERISA Claims
The ERISA Claims process can be confusing and difficult to navigate. The following is a brief overview of the process: The ERISA Claims process can be complex and…
Read →ERISA Class Actions
ERISA class action lawsuits are lawsuits in which a group of employees or retirees sue their employer or retirement plan administrator for violating their rights under the Employee…
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