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 […]
A group of training specialists filed a class action suit against AT&T, alleging they were misclassified as exempt workers in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and California labor laws. The suit alleged that by misclassifying the training workers as exempt, AT&T was able to avoid paying them the extra overtime pay they […]
NEW YORK — Two employees of a chain of waxing salons are seeking to represent a class of employees in a lawsuit against their company, Uni K Wax, for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York state labor laws. The class would include employees who worked or continue to work at the […]
LOS ANGELES — An employee of Armorcase Products Company Inc., which is a fiberglass manufacturer, filed a class action lawsuit against his employer for wage and hour violations under the California Labor Code. The violations include failure to satisfy minimum wage requirements, unpaid overtime, and failure to provide sufficient rest and meal breaks. The suit […]
LOS ANGELES — A line cook for an LA-area restaurant chain became the class representative in a class action overtime lawsuit filed against their employer, 9021Pho. The cook, Jorge Alvarez, alleges that the restaurant failed to pay him overtime wages after misclassifying him as an exempt employee. Additionally, he alleges that the restaurant gave them […]
NEW YORK — After the New York Times reported widespread labor law violations in the nail care industry, two manicurists filed a class action lawsuit against their salon owners for wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). They alleged that their company paid them a flat daily rate in cash every week, failed […]