BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — Six Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) employees have filed a federal overtime wage lawsuit against their employer, alleging the organization required them to work off the clock. The workers from the department’s District 11 in Allegheny County allege they were reportedly told to transport their vehicles and equipment between facilities and refrain from […]
PHILADELPHIA — David Hoover, a former Jiffy Lube employee, filed a class action suit against the company alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Pennsylvania wage and hour laws. Hoover worked for Jiffy Lube as a customer service technician and assistant manager in one of its franchise operations in Warminster, Pennsylvania for […]
PHILADELPHIA — According to a federal court, employers must compensate employees for taking short breaks under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The court issued this decision in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) on behalf of telemarketing employees against their employer, American Future Systems Inc. After […]
PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court decided against a group of corrections officers who worked at a county prison in Pennsylvania who filed a class action against the state for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The officers claimed that they should have been paid for 15 minutes of an hour-long meal […]
PHILADELPHIA — A former armored car driver who is the representative plaintiff for a class of drivers settled her suit against a former employer, Eastern Armored Services Inc. The driver alleged that Eastern violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and failed to pay the covered class overtime as required. The suit alleged that Eastern […]
PHILADELPHIA — A group of emergency room workers filed an overtime suit against a Philadelphia-based hospital chain for illegal denial of overtime pay under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act. Specifically, the workers claimed that night-shift workers in the Aria Health’s Torresdale campus had their pay automatically docked for meal breaks that they were always required […]