The city of Providence, Rhode Island recently agreed to a $5.9 million settlement to resolve claims with hundreds of municipal firefighters over allegations that the city failed to properly compensate the crews for a tumultuous period of department restructuring and disagreements over collective bargaining agreements.
PROVIDENCE — A group of Rhode Island firefighters secured a settlement to resolve an unpaid overtime lawsuit filed against the Lonsdale Fire board over allegations they failed to pay emergency responders for their hours.
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PROVIDENCE — A former employee of American Mussel Harvesters has recently filed a lawsuit against the company over allegations of state and federal labor law violations in which employees were not paid the required minimum or overtime wages required.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A popular downtown Providence, Rhode Island deli is currently facing a second wage and overtime pay lawsuit in federal court. The Gourmet Heaven Deli is alleged to have underpaid its employees and denied them the overtime wages to which they were entitled. These actions allegedly violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) […]
PROVIDENCE — If you are a Rhode Island employee who was not paid for working overtime, you may be able to file an unpaid overtime lawsuit. These cases seek to force the employer, either past or present, to pay the employee the back unpaid wages for overtime hours that were not paid. Unpaid overtime lawsuits […]