WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Sushi Samba, which operates a chain of restaurants in several states, has agreed to settle a wage suit filed by a group of workers for $2.7 million. The proposed settlement has been submitted for approval to a federal court in New York, and would settle claims that allege the restaurant violated […]
NEW YORK — After a criminal trial, a New York state court sentenced a Papa John’s Pizza franchisee for implementing a wage theft scheme against its employees and then attempting to conceal the crime. The franchisee, Abdul Jamil Kohkhar, and his company, BMY Foods Inc., owned and operated nine Papa John’s restaurants in the Bronx […]
NEW YORK — The prevailing rule under federal law is that any settlement of cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has to be approved by either the U.S. Department of Labor or a federal court. That rule is now being challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court by a FLSA plaintiff in a […]
NEW YORK — In the latest in a string of wage suits against Papa John’s franchisees, four franchisees in Queens have agreed to pay more than $500,000 to settle minimum wage and overtime claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York labor laws. The claims were filed by the New York Attorney […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A federal court granted approval of a $1.5 million settlement in a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) class action suit brought by airport workers in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles claiming Deutsche Post DHL violated FLSA’s overtime protections. The class includes 242 airport workers who alleged that they were underpaid by […]
NEW YORK — A court of appeals ruled that two employees of Cellular Sales, a company selling Verizon Wireless service plans and merchandise, are not required to arbitrate their Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims against their employer. The employees’ claims arose during a period in which the company said they were independent contractors. For […]