December 15, 2021
The full Second Circuit said Wednesday that it won't reexamine a panel decision finding that a transportation worker couldn't recover unpaid overtime in federal court after successfully recovering wages in small claims court.
November 10, 2021
A transportation worker urged the full Second Circuit to reexamine a panel decision that found she couldn't recover unpaid overtime in federal court after recovering wages in small claims court, saying the ruling was unjust and broke from precedential appellate court rulings.
October 26, 2021
A transportation worker was barred from filing a lawsuit in New York federal court retrieving unpaid overtime from her former employer after she had already recovered unpaid wages from the company in small claims court, the Second Circuit found Tuesday.
April 13, 2020
The Second Circuit said Monday that New York's top court must determine whether New York state law blocks a transportation worker who won a judgment for unpaid wages in small claims court from subsequently suing her former employer for wage theft in federal court.