TAMPA, Fla. — A suit was filed in a Florida court by an employee of the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Country Comptroller in Dade City, alleging that the state office violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The suit aims to include, as part of the class of plaintiffs, anyone […]
OCALA, Fla. — A Burger King employee in Florida filed a class action against Magic Burgers LLC, a company that operates around one hundred locations of the fast food chain in Florida, for intentional violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The plaintiff is seeking damages of about $19,000 including costs and attorney fees. […]
MIAMI — A group of construction workers filed a class action suit against Bouygues Civil Works of Florida Inc. for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The class included hourly paid foremen, machine operators, carpenters, laborers, divers, and drivers who worked on a Miami Tunnel project that created direct highway access to […]
MIAMI — On June 2, a federal court certified a class of Burger King employees who may now move forward in a class action overtime lawsuit against their company. The court ruled that the employees sufficiently showed that there are other similarly-situated employees who would be able to allege violations of the Fair Labor Standards […]
ORLANDO — A recently filed putative, or presumed, class action against Steak ‘N Shake Operations Inc. claims the restaurant chain failed to pay its employees minimum wage and required its tipped employees to perform non-tipped work without proper compensation. The lawsuit was filed in Florida federal court and alleges Steak ‘N Shake’s actions violated the Fair Labor […]
TAMPA — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have recently settled the class action lawsuit brought against them for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ cheerleaders were one of many National Football League (NFL) cheerleading teams to bring a wage and overtime pay lawsuit against their NFL team. The Tampa Bay […]