RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond mayor Dwight C. Jones’ administration has reportedly asked the City Council to approve a $2.7 million settlement with 54 workers from the Department of Social Services over unpaid overtime wages. Employees in the lawsuit allege they were routinely forced to work in excess of 40 hours a week whilst denied overtime […]
LITTLE ROCK — A baby-food manufacturer should not have to pay employees for time they spent dressing and cleaning themselves, off the clock, an attorney for Gerber reportedly argued last week before the Arkansas Supreme Court. Workers at the Gerber Products Co. facility in Fort Smith seek more than $3 million in unpaid overtime wages for the time it took […]
LOS ANGELES — A group of sales associates for Coach, Inc. has reportedly agreed to settle a wage suit against the company alleging violations of the California labor code. The company, based in California, has agreed to settle the putative class action suit in exchange for paying $1.75 million. The settlement would resolve the claims […]
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 […]
CHICAGO — Ride-hailing company Uber faces a new nationwide class action wage lawsuit A new lawsuit filed in Illinois claims the company illegally classifies its drivers as independent contractors and denies them overtime wages and tips in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The plaintiffs filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern […]
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 […]