NEW YORK — After a criminal trial, a New York state court sentenced a Papa John’s Pizza franchisee for implementing a wage theft scheme against its employees and then attempting to conceal the crime. The franchisee, Abdul Jamil Kohkhar, and his company, BMY Foods Inc., owned and operated nine Papa John’s restaurants in the Bronx […]
NEW YORK — The prevailing rule under federal law is that any settlement of cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has to be approved by either the U.S. Department of Labor or a federal court. That rule is now being challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court by a FLSA plaintiff in a […]
CHICAGO — A federal court in Chicago has decided in favor of the city in an overtime suit brought by police officers alleging that the city violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The suit was originally brought in May 2010 and went to trial. The plaintiffs have already indicated that they will appeal the […]
GREENBELT, Md. — A group of exotic dancers who filed and won a class action suit against the owners of two nightclubs asked a court of appeals to uphold their favorable verdict. The plaintiffs had won the suit in a federal district court and were awarded more than $265,000. The club owners of Fuego’s Exotic […]
ATLANTA — A group of employees who work for Family Dollar Stores filed suit against their employer for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), such as failing pay overtime and minimum wage for all hours worked. Family Dollar has filed a motion to have the case dismissed, contending that because the employees had […]
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 […]