PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court ruled in May that bus drivers who cross state lines on their work routes are exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Motor Carriers Act (MCA). The decision was issued on an appeal filed by a bus driver who worked for Krapf’s Coaches, […]
PITTSBURGH — A group of service supervisors for oilfield services company Weatherford International filed a class action suit against the company for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The suit comes after other fracking well operators and suppliers were also hit with FLSA lawsuits earlier in the month, such as Pilot Flying J, […]
PITTSBURGH — Shale gas wellpad workers have settled their overtime pay class action lawsuit against ROC Service Company LLC in Pennsylvania federal court. The $1.25 million settlement has received tentative approval from the federal judge and is intended to resolve the wellpad workers’ claims of Pennsylvania labor law and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations. Over 130 […]
PITTSBURGH — Store managers at Pennsylvania Wal-Mart locations may continue with their proposed class action overtime pay lawsuit. The assistant store managers alleged, in two separate lawsuits, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. denied them the overtime pay they had earned. The lawsuits together claim the company violated Pennsylvania state labor law and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with […]
PHILADELPHIA — CVS Caremark Corp. pharmacists filed a putative class and collective action overtime pay lawsuit in Pennsylvania federal court recently. The pharmacists claim the company denies overtime wages to floater and subordinate pharmacists at their stores. These actions allegedly violate Pennsylvania wage laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The pharmacists seek to […]
PHILADELPHIA — RadioShack Corp. will be paying $700,000 to a group of its employees, according to a recently reached settlement agreement in a class action overtime pay lawsuit. Salaried employees at Pennsylvania RadioShack locations claimed the company denied them earned overtime wages. The employees claimed the company continued to use a compensation system even after […]