MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin-based Ministry Health Care faces an unpaid overtime lawsuit from employees alleging their employer forced them to work during lunch breaks, stay nearby the hospital on call while off the clock and perform work without pay. It marks the third such overtime wage lawsuit the healthcare provider has been slapped with in just […]
LITTLE ROCK — A baby-food manufacturer should not have to pay employees for time they spent dressing and cleaning themselves, off the clock, an attorney for Gerber reportedly argued last week before the Arkansas Supreme Court. Workers at the Gerber Products Co. facility in Fort Smith seek more than $3 million in unpaid overtime wages for the time it took […]
LOS ANGELES — A group of sales associates for Coach, Inc. has reportedly agreed to settle a wage suit against the company alleging violations of the California labor code. The company, based in California, has agreed to settle the putative class action suit in exchange for paying $1.75 million. The settlement would resolve the claims […]
A company that operates apartment buildings for college students will pay $800,000 to settle claims by a class of 184 resident advisers in California. The lawsuit alleged the students received compensation in the form of free lodging, which does not satisfy minimum wage obligations in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the […]
AKRON, Ohio — A pair of former baseball players from the independent Frontier League have filed an unfair wage lawsuit, alleging their pay was below minimum wage and their rights were violated under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The federal lawsuit — filed in Akron, Ohio — claims the semi-pro league takes advantage of players by not […]
OAKLAND — Calavera, an upscale Mexican restaurant, became the latest eatery in Oakland to become embroiled in an overtime wage lawsuit with some of its former workers. The restaurant opened last August and is already in hot water as it battles, not only a civil lawsuit, but the pressure of activists groups fighting what seems to be […]