AKRON, Ohio — A pair of former baseball players from the independent Frontier League have filed an unfair wage lawsuit, alleging their pay was below minimum wage and their rights were violated under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The federal lawsuit — filed in Akron, Ohio — claims the semi-pro league takes advantage of players by not […]
CINCINNATI — An East Side Cincinnati hotel recently agreed to pay more than $21,000 to settle an overtime wage lawsuit with employees who claim the hotel’s owner made them work up to 70 hours a week without overtime payments. Six workers in the lawsuit will each receive their share of the $21,708 settlement with the […]
CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County is expected to vote soon over a proposed settlement to an overtime lawsuit filed by the county’s sheriff’s department over the manner overtime payments and hours were calculated. The overtime lawsuit, brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, was brought in November 2014 and alleges system-wide shortcomings in the local government’s […]
TOLEDO — A federal district court in Ohio conditionally certified a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action against Fifth Third Bank alleging overtime violations. Specifically, a former employee, Judith Kampfer, filed a proposed class action suit on behalf of Customer Service Managers for Fifth Third Bank. Significantly, this the second collective action against Fifth […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A home health aide who worked for Americare Healthcare Services, Inc., filed suit against her employer for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime provisions. Americare provides home health aides to clients who due to age or illness require assistance in their homes. According to the plaintiff, she […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A federal court has ruled that a suit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor against a buffet restaurant owned by televangelist Rev. Ernest Angley may move forward. The suit alleges that the restaurant’s employees were misclassified as volunteers and that the restaurant also violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) child […]