TAMPA — After approving a $3.5 million class action settlement for an overtime pay lawsuit, a Florida federal judge approved a $1.3 million request for attorneys’ fees. The lawsuit stemmed from an August 2012 claim that Lowe’s misclassified its human resource managers as exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Lowe’s strongly […]
TAMPA — Carrabba’s Italian Grill is facing a proposed class action lawsuit over off-the-clock work and unpaid overtime wages. The Italian restaurant chain allegedly required its cooks to work without pay and denied them earned overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The cooks filed their claim in Florida federal court and are […]
NEW YORK — Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP recently told a New York federal court that the duties of temporary attorneys in the ongoing putative class and collective action wage and overtime lawsuit met the professional exemption requirements under New York labor laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The temporary attorneys claim […]
LOS ANGELES — A California court of appeals has been asked to reverse a $90 million award in a class action rest break violation decision. ABM Industries Inc., a facilities management company, was accused of denying security guards uninterrupted meal breaks and failing to compensate them for their time. In its appeal, the company claimed […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Hyundai Motor Manufacturing of Alabama LLC production employee has filed a proposed overtime pay collective action in Alabama federal court. The employee claims the company refused to pay overtime for mandatory pre-shift exercise sessions in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The overtime claim dates back to at least […]
DirecTV Inc. is currently facing nearly a dozen minimum wage and overtime pay lawsuits from a group of its technicians. The technicians claim the company willfully misclassified them as independent contractors to bypass wage-and-hour laws across the country in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Eleven lawsuits, representing nearly 80 technicians, are currently […]