NEW YORK — Bloomberg LP and a former global customer support representative in New York have agreed to a $3.2 million settlement resolving class and collective claims for overtime pay that were filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff, Shavez Jackson, brought claims under the Fair Labor […]
NEW YORK — A group of tipped employees who filed a collective action suit against TGI Friday’s for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) asked a federal court for permission to file a third amended complaint that would include more than the classes that the court conditionally certified in January 2015. Additionally, the […]
NEW YORK — To settle claims that it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Bank of America and its subsidiary Merrill Lynch have entered into a preliminary agreement with the financial adviser trainees that filed an overtime suit against the company. The plaintiffs were part of a five-stage training program to become full financial […]
NEW YORK — A New York Federal Court sided with an employee and ruled in his favor against his employer in a wage suit brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The plaintiff, Haas Khereed, was a former server at Wallflower, a New York City restaurant, who claimed that the company failed to provide […]
NEW YORK — A group of former interns for Viacom, Inc., who sued the company and all affiliated companies for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), has received approval from a federal court of a $1.6 million proposed settlement agreement that would settle their claims. The court, after conducting a settlement hearing, found […]
NEW YORK — A group of workers tasked with defending parking spots for on-location productions of various NBC shows have indicated that they will begin filing overtime suits against the company for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The workers are classified as parking production assistants who work for NBC’s show “The Blacklist” […]