LOS ANGELES — Bakery workers in Southern California have filed a lawsuit against their employer, the owners of two French bakeries called L’Amande French Bakery. The workers claim the owners failed to pay minimum wage or overtime. Their allegation include violations of California state labor laws, as well as a number of federal laws, including the […]
NEW YORK — A New York Papa John’s franchise has recently been ordered to pay more than $2 million for underpaying its employees. The New York federal judge who issued the order found the pizza restaurant franchisee to have shaved the hours of its delivery workers in violation of state and federal wage laws. The […]
SAN ANTONIO — Two exotic dancers for Tiffany’s Cabaret in Texas have taken their overtime pay lawsuit to trial recently. After a three-day trial, jurors awarded the two dancers $250,000 in back wages and liquidated damages. Other Tiffany’s dancers have a separate class action overtime pay claim against the company in federal court, as well. […]
NEWARK — Medco Health Solutions Inc. received a victory in New Jersey federal court recently when a federal judge denied more than 160 former employees class certification in their collective action wage and overtime pay lawsuit. The Newark federal judge found that the more than 160 former employees were not able to produce sufficient evidence […]
PORTLAND — PR Drywall LLC, a Hillsboro, Oregon, drywall company will pay seven of its employees more than $98,000 in back wages. PR Drywall is a subcontractor hired for a construction project that received federal financing in Tualatin, Oregon. The company was found to have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other federal […]
CHICAGO — TCF Financial Corp. is being accused of misclassifying its assistant bank managers as exempt from overtime wages. In the recent potential class action overtime pay lawsuit, the assistant bank managers allege the misclassification was intentional and the company wanted to avoid paying for the overtime they knew the assistant managers would be working. […]