Employees for the city of Apopka, Florida recently filed an unpaid overtime lawsuit over claims that their supervisors forced them to work through lunch breaks without additional pay, a violation of federal and state labor and wage laws.
A number of current and former administrative assistants recently brought wage and hour claims against their employer, the New York City Department of Homeless Services.
Dozens of current and former Redondo Beach, California police officers recently filed a class action unpaid overtime lawsuit against the city over claims that the defendant failed to properly compensate the plaintiffs for all their time spent on the job.
The debate about how to classify an intern for the purposes of FLSA has been ongoing for a long time and took many turns in the discussion. In 2010, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a six-part test to help determine the case, however, several appellate courts have rejected this test.
On December 12, 2017, a unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit court affirmed the ruling of a district court that a truck driver, Jaun Rodriguez-Depena, must arbitrate his FLSA claims.
Over 500 current and former workers for a Detroit-area chain of Taco Bell franchises recently joined a class action unpaid overtime lawsuit filed in federal court over allegations that the defendant broke several federal wage and labor laws.