AKRON, Ohio. — Nearly 500 route-sales drivers for Alfred Nickles Bakery in Ohio received court approval to move forward with their class action overtime pay lawsuit against the company. The federal court judge accepted an agreement between the bakery and the route-sales driver who initially filed the claim to expand the lawsuit. The route driver […]
LOS ANGELES — Managers working for Tavistock Freebirds, LLC, have filed a potential class action overtime pay lawsuit against the company recently in California state court. The managers claim the company misclassified their positions as exempt from overtime and denied them the overtime wages they were entitled to when they worked more than 40 hours […]
NEW ORLEANS — Pat O’Brien’s bartenders received conditional collective action status in Louisiana federal court early in February 2015. The bartenders claimed the managers at the New Orleans bar stole from the tip jar and failed to pay the employees the overtime to which they were entitled. With the conditional certification, nearly 40 additional current […]
MADISON, Wisc. — Early in February 2015, technical writers for Epic Systems brought two proposed class action overtime pay lawsuits against the company in Wisconsin federal court. The two lawsuits against the medical software maker are nearly identical. Both lawsuits allege the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when it misclassified the technical […]
MILWAUKEE — City employees in Sheboygan, Wisconsin have filed a potential class action overtime pay lawsuit against the city. The employees claim the city failed to pay them the overtime wages they were entitled to as well as improperly deducted and transferred wages for health care premiums. The plaintiffs are seeking reimbursement for the health care […]
BISMARCK, N.D. — Employees for an oil services company, Schlumberger Ltd., in North Dakota were granted conditional class certification in their class action overtime claim in North Dakota federal court recently. The employees claim the company failed to pay them the overtime wages they were entitled to when they worked more than 40 hours in […]