NEW YORK — A Papa John’s International Inc. franchisee is facing a $2.1 million lawsuit for six years of alleged underpayment of its delivery workers at its four Harlem locations. The New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, brought the lawsuit against New Majority Holdings LLC and Ronald Johnson, its owner, in mid-October for violation of […]
NEW YORK — Modell”s Sporting Goods Inc. recently received preliminary court approval of its settlement in the collective action overtime lawsuit brought by its assistant store managers. The assistant store managers claimed the sporting goods chain misclassified them as exempt from overtime time pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state labor […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Sales and stockroom associates at California Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. filed a putative class action lawsuit claiming misclassification and wrongful denial of overtime pay on July 30 in California state court. This week their claim was removed to California federal court. The company requested the change of courts because the associates’ […]
NEW YORK — Telephone claims adjusters for Government Employees Insurance Co. (GEICO) will get a second chance at their collective action overtime pay lawsuit. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with the district court’s findings, reversed the summary judgment order, and remanded the case back to the lower court for trial. The claims adjusters […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Ma Laboratories Inc., an information technology distributor, will have to continue litigating the class action wage and overtime pay lawsuit its workers brought against it. The proposed class action recently received conditional certification from a California judge for both the overall proposed class and the subclasses it is divided into. The workers […]
NEW YORK — On September 16 of this year, David Lola’s putative collective action overtime pay lawsuit against Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Tower Legal Staffing Inc. was dismissed in a New York federal court based on North Carolina’s definition of “practice of law.” Lola has now filed a notice of appeal […]