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April 04, 2024
A Colorado meter servicing company owes utility locators wages for work they were required to perform before arriving at their work sites and after leaving them, a former worker alleged in a proposed class action filed in state court, saying workers did not receive overtime.
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April 04, 2024
Workers suing kidney care giant DaVita Inc. have asked a Colorado federal judge to consolidate two similar collective actions alleging they were denied wages for work performed during meal and rest breaks, saying overlap between the cases is "inevitable."
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April 04, 2024
Newly formed Pierson Ferdinand LLP has added a high-stakes employment litigator to its Philadelphia office from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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April 04, 2024
A mortuary in Oklahoma City paid nearly $463,000 for denying 66 workers, many of whom worked more than 50 hours a week, overtime rates, the U.S. Department of Labor announced.
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April 04, 2024
A hotel in Michigan will pay $110,000 in back wages and damages to settle a U.S. Department of Labor suit accusing it of not paying workers their full wages, according to an order in Michigan federal court.
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April 04, 2024
A telecommunications company did not pay its tower technicians all their wages owed, a group of ex-workers alleged in a proposed collective action in Illinois federal court, saying the company deducted meal breaks they worked through and skimped on overtime premiums.
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April 04, 2024
The full Ninth Circuit won't review a panel's decision ruling that a Lowe's worker's nonindividual claims under California's Private Attorneys General Act could stay in court while her individual claims go into arbitration, denying the company's bid to step in.
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April 04, 2024
A filmmaker for ABC and Disney repeatedly ignored a multiracial development director's complaints that she was underpaid and eventually fired her for speaking up about bias and harassment she faced on the job, she said in a suit in California state court.
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April 04, 2024
When industry groups challenge U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour rules, they often choose as counsel former agency officials who say their prior knowledge gives them a unique ability to take on regulations. Here, Law360 explores the trend.
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April 03, 2024
A farmworker and the agricultural operation he accused of breaching California state minimum and overtime pay rules asked a federal court for input on whether an arbitrator had authority to weigh in on a yet-unaddressed motion to dismiss claims filed in federal court.
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April 03, 2024
A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday seemed skeptical of a worker's argument that the ministerial exception does not apply to his suit accusing an Orthodox Jewish organization of failing to pay him overtime for his work making sure grapes used for wines were kept kosher.
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April 03, 2024
A pair of construction industry trade groups urged a Texas federal court to preserve their challenge to a U.S. Department of Labor rule that revises prevailing wage calculations for federally funded projects, arguing that the rule injures both them and the firms they represent.
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April 03, 2024
A group of Wells Fargo bankers urged a California federal judge to keep alive their proposed class action accusing the bank of misclassifying them as overtime-exempt, saying the bank's parent company cannot evade liability because its operations are intertwined with its subsidiary's.
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April 03, 2024
Contractors performing construction, alteration or repair work on government buildings should have to give the U.S. Department of Labor more detailed information about the deductions they take from workers' wages, a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general told the agency in a letter publicized Wednesday.
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April 03, 2024
A New Mexico federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $525,000 deal that would end a cannabis-employee-led lawsuit accusing dispensary owners of taking a large portion of tips meant for retail workers and giving them to store managers and supervisors.
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April 03, 2024
A Vermont federal judge said that a collective in a suit claiming Bimbo Bakeries misclassified delivery workers as independent contractors can span three states, saying that the court has jurisdiction for out-of-state claims.
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April 03, 2024
Challenges to rules issued by the U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies that seek preliminary injunctions have drawn increasing scrutiny as these cases have multiplied and courts issue orders with a nationwide impact, attorneys told Law360.
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April 03, 2024
A South Carolina federal judge on Wednesday shuttled into arbitration a proposed class action accusing Dollar General of automatically deducting meal and rest breaks from workers' time sheets and forcing them to work while they are off the clock, saying the plaintiffs had signed valid arbitration agreements.
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April 03, 2024
A contractor in Arizona will pay $909,000 in back wages, damages and fines to end a U.S. Department of Labor suit alleging it failed to pay overtime wages and keep accurate records, according to court papers.
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April 03, 2024
A former senior appraiser for the Internal Revenue Service was appropriately fired for golfing on company time, a federal appeals court affirmed Wednesday.
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April 02, 2024
Making reference to Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," Uber Technologies Inc. on Monday said a group of UberBlack drivers chose their road when they urged a Pennsylvania federal court to consider less than a unanimous verdict, and could not turn back around when the jurors leaned toward declaring them independent contractors.
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April 02, 2024
Poultry processing workers sought preliminary approval Monday for deals with Case Foods Inc. and Mountaire Farms totaling $22 million that would make the companies the 10th and 11th wage-fixing defendants to settle out of a broader Maryland federal court case where total payouts reach $217.25 million.
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April 02, 2024
A Michigan federal judge cut claims for wages asserted under state law from a call center worker's proposed collective action, without prompting, ruling that differences between state and federal wage laws overly complicated the case and posed risk of confusion for a future jury.
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April 02, 2024
A transportation company and its subsidiary said they won't challenge a First Circuit ruling that time long-haul truckers spend in sleeper berths is compensable, agreeing to shell out a $2.5 million judgment on top of an already approved $12.5 million deal.
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April 02, 2024
Hertz urged a Florida federal court to reject a bid to certify a collective of workers who allege they were misclassified as managers, arguing that their duties varied too widely for them to be lumped together as a cohesive unit.