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 […]
DENVER — Store managers for Colorado Family Dollar Stores Inc. gained final court approval of the $2.3 million settlement in their class action overtime pay lawsuit. The store managers claimed the discount retailer misclassified them as exempt from overtime in violation of Colorado state wage laws. To date there are 488 class members who have […]
DENVER — Frontier Airlines is an American ultra-low cost airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The carrier operates 57 jets in its fleet to 78 destinations throughout the United States, Costa Rica, The Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Mexico. The airline was founded in 1994. Frontier Airlines employees are often required to work double shifts and work […]
DENVER — A class action lawsuit on behalf of customer service (call center) employees against their employer, Express Scripts, for unpaid wages and overtime compensation. In the Complaint, the Plaintiff asserts the company intentionally failed to pay all of its call center employees for their daily time spent loading up their complex computer and phone […]
AURORA, Colo. — Our Aurora overtime lawyers file unpaid overtime lawsuits on behalf of workers who are not paid the legally required wages. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a large number of workers who are entitled to overtime pay never receive the wages owed to them under federal or state law. Many times, […]