DENVER — A court has allowed a wage class action suit to go forward instead of requiring plaintiffs to attempt resolution through arbitration despite the existence of an arbitration agreement. The representative plaintiff was a massage school student who filed a class action wage suit on behalf of other similar students against the companies that […]
DENVER — A group of workers filed a class action suit against their employer LenderLive Network Inc. in Michigan, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The class includes 88 members, many of whom worked from home, who were laid off from the company. After negotiations, the parties entered a settlement agreement in […]
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A Home Health Aide (“HHA”) has filed a class action lawsuit against Maguire Senior Services, Inc. d/b/a Home Instead Senior Care #365 seeking wages for the overtime they worked when they provided care to at-home patients. The case alleges that Maguire failed to pay its HHAs at one and one-half their regular […]
DENVER — A federal court in Colorado has ruled that home health aides who provide companion services to their companies’ clients in their households are entitled to minimum wage and overtime protections under Colorado’s minimum wage order. These home health aides provide in-home services that include bathing, making beds, preparing meals, assisting with feeding, preventing […]
DENVER — In a matter of first impression, a Federal Judge for the District of Colorado found that Home Health Aides (“HHAs”) employed by an employer or agency other than the family or household using their services are not exempt from overtime wages under Colorado law. Specifically, the court examined the language of Colorado’s Minimum Wage […]
DENVER — A Denver Mexican butcher shop and greengrocer, Carniceria y Verduleria Guadalajara, recently settled a wage suit brought by its immigrant workers. The settlement of the workers’ Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims amounted to $305,000. The class included forty to fifty largely immigrant workers, who will get $173,701 of the total settlement amount […]