CHICAGO — Popular food ordering and delivery company GrubHub was recently served with a federal unpaid overtime lawsuit by former drivers claiming they were treated like employees rather than independent contractors.
CHICAGO — A group of poultry catchers claim they are due overtime wages from their employer, Koch Foods, because the pay arrangement they entered into did not take into account the actual hours worked.
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CHICAGO — The Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed down a favorable ruling to a group of plaintiffs trying to hold their employer accountable for failing to furnish them with overtime pay for the time they spent working over 40 hours in a week.
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — A group of in-home care nurses recently filed an unpaid overtime claim against Illinois-based Advocate Health Care, according to the Cook County Record.
CHICAGO — Ride-hailing company Uber faces a new nationwide class action wage lawsuit A new lawsuit filed in Illinois claims the company illegally classifies its drivers as independent contractors and denies them overtime wages and tips in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The plaintiffs filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern […]