A group of current former equipment operators for a Texas-based energy company recently asked a federal judge to approve a $1.35 million settlement to resolve over 100 complaints alleging that the defendant failed to pay overtime to workers.
A trio of former code enforcement inspectors for the city of Dallas recently filed an unpaid overtime lawsuit against the city over claims that they and potentially hundreds of other city employees were cheated out of all their due wages.
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Hundreds of landscapers in an unpaid overtime collective action lawsuit recently secured a substantial $4.8 million settlement to resolve claims with their former employer over allegations that the defendant failed to pay overtime and other wages under federal labor laws.
HOUSTON — A Texas federal judge recently granted summary judgement in favor of the 21 states challenging the Obama-era salary thresholds for overtime protections that would have potentially increased the salaries of millions of Americans currently paid on salary.
AUSTIN — After a Texas federal judge blocked then-President Barack Obama’s attempted expansion of overtime pay for millions of workers, the Department of Labor appears on the brink of retreating from the initiative altogether and putting a potential pay raise for millions of workers at risk.
HOUSTON — Four long-time doughnut shop employees filed an unpaid overtime lawsuit against Shipley Do-Nuts, a chain of pastry shops, claiming the defendant failed to pay the plaintiffs for all their time spent on the job.