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 […]
PITTSBURGH — According to a recently filed class action lawsuit, Pittsburgh Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee denied its assistant managers overtime pay, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Pennsylvania wage laws. This is not the first time a Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee was sued for unpaid overtime wages. In 2013, a franchisee with locations […]
PITTSBURGH — University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian is one of the largest not-for-profit medical-surgical referral hospital consisting of more than 1600 beds. It was listed by Becker’s Hospital Review among the 50 best hospitals in America. The center is also the historic and academic center of UPMC. The UPMC Presbyterian campus consists of multiple […]
PITTSBURGH — The West Penn Allegheny Health System is seeking sanctions against the law firm that filed a collective action wage claim against them. West Penn and its parent company, Highmark Inc., believe the law firm and its client knowingly brought a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action in 2013 over meal break compensation […]
PITTSBURGH — Our Pittsburgh overtime lawyers file unpaid overtime lawsuits on behalf of workers who are not paid the legally required wages. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a large number of workers who are entitled to overtime pay never receive the wages owed to them under federal or state law. Many times, the […]