NEW YORK — After the New York Times reported widespread labor law violations in the nail care industry, two manicurists filed a class action lawsuit against their salon owners for wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). They alleged that their company paid them a flat daily rate in cash every week, failed […]
NEW YORK — Former Gawker interns will be able to notify some of the potential class members of their lawsuit via social media thanks to a recent court decision. The former interns are part of collective action wage and overtime pay lawsuit in New York federal court. In the lawsuit, the former interns allege the media company […]
NEW YORK — After about two years of litigation, Viacom has agreed to pay around $7.2 million in a settlement with a group of its former unpaid interns. In their collective action lawsuit, the former interns alleged the media giant used unpaid interns as cost-saving source of free labor in violation of the Fair Labor Standards […]
NEW YORK — Disc jockeys and exotic dancers at a Manhattan strip club received conditional class certification from a New York federal judge recently in their collective action wage and overtime pay lawsuit. The DJs and dancers claim VIP Club wrongfully classified their positions as independent contractors. The alleged improper classification led the DJs and dancers to […]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Panda Express has reached a tentative agreement with a group of its general managers in a long running overtime pay lawsuit. Both parties have agreed to a close to $3 million settlement. The settlement, if the court approves it, will resolve the class action lawsuit. In their lawsuit, the general managers alleged that […]
NEW YORK — A New York based barbeque chain is facing a potential class action wage and overtime pay lawsuit in New York federal court. The barbeque chain is accused of improperly paying its tipped employees and denying them the overtime wages they had earned. The proposed class action lawsuit intends to include bartenders, bussers, servers and […]