NEW YORK — Current and former exotic dancers will share in a potential $15 million settlement with their employer, Rick’s Cabaret. The New York City strip club and its dancers have reached an agreement in the wage and overtime pay class action lawsuit filed in New York federal court. The settlement still needs court approval, but is […]
NEW YORK — A group of client adviser associates have reached a $1.3 million settlement with UBS AG in their overtime pay class action lawsuit. The settlement received court approval recently after the New York federal court judge found the agreement resolved the New York Labor Law and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations. The client […]
NEW YORK — TGI Friday’s Inc. and its parent company, Carlson Restaurants Inc., continue to settle wage and overtime claims with its tipped employees in federal court. The most recent settlement resolves the claims of 14 members in the class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The class action lawsuit claimed the […]
NEW YORK — Merrill Lynch employees who took part in the company’s financial adviser training program have brought a proposed collective action wage and overtime lawsuit against the financial giant and its parent company, Bank of America Corp. The former trainees claim the company failed to pay them one and a half times their regular […]
NEW YORK — Apprentices working for Chipotle will be able to question or depose the company’s co-CEO after a recent California federal court judge’s decision. The lawsuit alleges Chipotle intentionally misclassified its apprentices, or assistant managers, as exempt from overtime and denied them the overtime wages to which they were entitled. The proposed collective action […]
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A class action overtime pay lawsuit brought by associate managers working at New York Cracker Barrel locations has reached a settlement and has been dismissed recently. The associate managers alleged Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. misclassified their positions as exempt under New York labor law and the Fair Labor Standards Act […]