SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A federal judge recently gave his initial approval of a multimillion dollar settlement to resolve a class action unpaid overtime lawsuit between AT&T and hundreds of current and former workers over allegations that the company failed to properly compensate employees for all their time on the job.
LOUISVILLE — The Kentucky state Supreme Court recently cleared the way for residents to bring class action lawsuits against employers to recover back pay and overtime wages.
ATLANTA — Thomasville, Georgia-based Flowers Foods, Inc. and Flowers Baking Co. of Jamestown L.L.C. recently settled a multimillion dollar unpaid overtime lawsuit with delivery drivers across the South over allegations that the company intentionally misclassified workers.
LOS ANGELES — In a major ruling for bank employees across the country, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled mortgage underwriters may not be classified as “administrative” workers and are therefore due overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a single week.
NEW YORK — New York City’s premier Indian-Australian cuisine hot spot, Babu Ji, recently settled a second unpaid overtime lawsuit with a trio of former servers who claim the restaurant’s owners withheld overtime wages and threatened retaliation for demanding full wages.
DETROIT — A group of Detroit area fast food workers recently scored a significant victory after a Michigan federal judge agreed to conditionally certify class action status to plaintiffs in an unpaid overtime lawsuit against Sundance Incorporated, which owns approximately 150 Taco Bell franchises across the country.