BUFFALO — A group of over 330 current and former assistant managers for OfficeMax Inc. who filed a class action overtime suit against their employer for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have entered into a settlement agreement with the company worth over $3.5 million. Under the agreement, each member of the class […]
DENVER — A group of workers filed a class action suit against their employer LenderLive Network Inc. in Michigan, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The class includes 88 members, many of whom worked from home, who were laid off from the company. After negotiations, the parties entered a settlement agreement in […]
NEW YORK — A federal court in New York ruled against the approval of a proposed settlement agreement of a class wage claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The claim was brought by former unpaid interns for The Madison Square Garden Co. against the company for failing to pay minimum wage and overtime. […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON D.C. — In November, parties gave their oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a suit brought by employees of Tyson Foods against their employer, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This suit is a class action that includes almost 3,000 employees at Tyson Foods’ slaughterhouse in Iowa. The Court’s […]
An article in Bloomberg BNA predicts that Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) litigation will continue to increase in 2016. Employment law attorneys provided source data for this prediction, and the article indicated that federal court filings of FLSA suits totaled 8,781 lawsuits in fiscal year 2015. This is an increase of 7.6% from the prior […]