MACON, Ga. — A 2016 class action lawsuit was filed against Compliance Staffing Agency and Elite Storage Solutions alleging both companies failed to maintain proper overtime pay FLSA standards.
ATLANTA — A group of employees who work for Family Dollar Stores filed suit against their employer for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), such as failing pay overtime and minimum wage for all hours worked. Family Dollar has filed a motion to have the case dismissed, contending that because the employees had […]
ATLANTA — The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided not to adopt the approach by the U.S. Department of Labor in evaluating whether interns should be considered employees under the protection of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). A suit brought by a group of student nurse anesthetists who allege that an anesthesiology practice in […]
ATLANTA — A group of former employees who filed a class action against their employer, HMSHost, can move forward with their claim of willful Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations according to a federal court. The employees, who were assistant managers, alleged that they were willfully misclassified as exempt from overtime. The court denied the […]
ATLANTA — A former case manager with the Atlanta law firm Morgan & Morgan PLLC filed suit against the firm for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by misclassifying case managers as exempt from overtime pay. The lawsuit proposed a collective class of case managers who worked at the firm’s offices in the three […]
ATLANTA — The misclassification of employees is a fair labor standards issue that continues to be litigated in state and federal courts, which highlights why it remains a top priority for labor enforcement agencies. One of the latest is a suit brought by a group of dancers against a Miami strip club company, the King […]