Supreme Court’s Employment Cases to Focus on Overtime, Diversity

The US Supreme Court’s docket this term features a handful of cases with workplace implications, including an oil rig manager’s overtime pay dispute and high-profile suits over admissions policies at top universities.

The justices will hear three cases by early November that have the potential to shape the employment legal landscape, from pay calculations under federal wage and hour law to corporate diversity initiatives to where workers can sue their employers.

Here’s how the upcoming Supreme Court term is shaping up for workplace law.

Overtime Rules

The court on Oct. 12 will hear arguments in Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. ...