November 05, 2026
A residential mental health facility can dispute how much it owes its workers, but it can't argue that it owes them nothing, a North Carolina federal judge said Thursday, setting the ground rules for a Dec. 7 trial after a jury found that the facility underpaid its workers.
June 17, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge ruled Wednesday that the mental healthcare company JMJ Enterprises LLC must face a second-phase damages trial after a jury found in February in favor of a collective of employees claiming that the company willfully broke federal and state wage laws by underpaying workers at group homes.
April 30, 2026
A mental healthcare company's bid to throw out a jury verdict finding it willfully violated federal and state wage laws fell short because its post-trial arguments lacked supporting evidence, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Thursday.
March 02, 2026
A North Carolina residential mental health company and its owner have urged a federal judge to nix a jury verdict finding that they underpaid workers, saying the employees relied on speculative evidence and a damages summary that was disclosed too late.
September 02, 2025
A class of mental health workers seeking overtime compensation can't recover pay for training completed prior to the first day of work, as a North Carolina federal judge upheld a previous order finding that the time is not compensable under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
April 10, 2025
A group of workers told a North Carolina federal court Thursday that they were employees of a residential mental health company before they started their initial training, urging the court to reconsider its ruling that they didn't need to get paid for that time.
April 02, 2025
A residential mental health company cannot escape workers' claims that it failed to pay them wages when they attended required yearly medical certification training, a North Carolina federal judge said, but determined the company did not need to pay workers for training before their first day.
February 14, 2024
A North Carolina federal judge said it's too early to decide a worker's retaliation claim against a mental health agency that offers services to children and teens and shelved the company's breach of contract counterclaim.
October 02, 2023
A GessnerLaw PLLC attorney will represent a class of workers who claim a North Carolina mental health agency failed to pay them for time spent in mandatory meetings and trainings, a federal judge ruled, rejecting the employer's argument that the attorney wasn't fit for the job.
March 15, 2023
A collective of nursing home workers pursuing wages for unpaid meetings called on a North Carolina federal court to reject their employer's pretrial victory bid, arguing the company improperly attacked individual rather than collective-wide claims.