Wage and Hour

November 28, 2023 A class and collective action claims Amazon systematically pays female employees less than male workers in comparable positions.

November 21, 2023 FedEx Ground faces a class action that claims it has failed to pay hourly employees proper overtime wages for time spent undergoing COVID and security screenings outside of each shift.

November 9, 2023 AmeriCloud Solutions, Inc. has been hit with a class and collective action filed by four employees who claim they were misclassified as independent contractors and denied proper overtime wages.

October 31, 2023 An Advance Auto Parts employee claims in a collective action lawsuit that the company has denied her adequate break times or accommodations to pump breastmilk during work.

October 26, 2023 A class action claims trucking logistics startup Convoy, Inc. failed to give employees at least 60 days’ advance notice prior to a mass layoff in October 2023.

October 24, 2023 A class and collective action alleges Costco Wholesale Corporation has unlawfully deprived junior managers of overtime wages by misclassifying them as exempt employees.

October 24, 2023 A class action claims Bluestone Resources, Inc. and subsidiaries Bluestone Coke and Bluestone Coal Corporation failed to give employees at least 60 days’ advance notice prior to a series of layoffs in 2021.

October 20, 2023 A class action claims major U.S. military shipbuilders and others in the industry have cheated naval engineers out of competitive wages by agreeing to not recruit each other’s workers.

October 13, 2023 Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc. and its top executives face a class action in which a former employee claims he and other workers are owed unpaid wages and accrued vacation time pay after being “retroactively” laid off in July 2023.

October 12, 2023 A representative complaint alleges SpaceX has discriminated against female and minority employees by systematically paying them less than their male and white counterparts.

October 9, 2023 Two former Dollar General employees claim in a collective action that they were not provided sufficient break times or accommodations to pump breastmilk during shifts.

October 9, 2023 Bank of America faces a class action wherein a former employee claims the institution has reneged on its promise to pay workers for accrued vacation time at the end of their employment.

October 5, 2023 A class and collective action alleges the owners of several Pizza Hut restaurants have underpaid delivery drivers by failing to properly reimburse them for job-related expenses.

September 27, 2023 HBO and Cooler Waters Productions, LLC face a class action by a background actor who claims he was shortchanged with respect to overtime wages and meal and break period premium pay.

September 15, 2023 A class action alleges Gale Healthcare Solutions failed to provide proper advance notice before laying off roughly 300 employees in early September 2023.

September 14, 2023 A class and collective action claims Your Wireless has failed to pay store managers and assistant store managers for off-the-clock work.

September 1, 2023 Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams faces a class action that alleges the furniture seller failed to provide at least 60 days’ notice prior to laying off roughly 700 employees.

September 1, 2023 A proposed class action alleges Vassar College deliberately underpays, underpromotes and unfairly evaluates female professors.

August 23, 2023 The Los Angeles Police Department has been hit with a class action filed by four retired police officers who claim they were discriminated against due to their military service obligations.

August 23, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims The Gap failed to give remote employees at least 60 days’ advance notice prior to a mass layoff earlier this year.

August 21, 2023 USA Today and Gannett Co. have been hit with a collective action filed by a former site editor who claims he was misclassified as an independent contractor and denied proper minimum and overtime wages.

August 9, 2023 RaceTrac faces a collective action that claims the service station and convenience store chain has failed to pay hourly employees proper overtime wages in violation of federal law.

August 8, 2023 A collective action alleges Cracker Barrel has failed to properly pay tipped employees for non-tipped and off-the-clock work.

August 8, 2023 Yellow Corporation and several subsidiaries have been hit with two proposed class actions filed by former employees who claim the trucking company failed to provide at least 60 days’ advance notice before terminating nearly 30,000 workers.

August 3, 2023 A class and collective action claims the owners of certain Boston Market restaurants in Arizona have failed to pay workers since May 2023 in violation of federal and state labor laws.

August 2, 2023 A class action filed by a former SpaceX employee accuses the company of a slew of California labor law violations, including failing to pay hourly workers proper minimum, straight time and overtime wages.

July 21, 2023 A class action claims TMX Intermodal misclassified New Jersey truck drivers as independent contractors, depriving them of certain benefits to which employees are entitled under state law.

July 21, 2023 A proposed class action lawsuit claims Twitter and owner Elon Musk have repeatedly refused to honor promises to pay severance to former employees.

July 19, 2023 Getty Images faces a proposed class action over its alleged failure to reimburse remote employees in Seattle for business-related expenses.

June 23, 2023 Two Mexican farmworkers have filed a class action against Virginia Agricultural Growers Association, Baskerville Farms and Dusty Road Farms over their alleged failure to pay overtime wages.

June 23, 2023 A group of former scouts allege MLB and all 30 teams have uniformly denied reemployment to those over 40 years old in favor of “substantially younger” scouts.

June 21, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Gale Healthcare Solutions has illegally forced employees to receive their wages via payroll cards that have left them “swimming in unlawful fees.”

June 16, 2023 A class action claims PetSmart has failed to comply with a city labor law that requires employers to provide retail, hospitality and fast-food workers with predictable schedules.

June 5, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Solgen Power, LLC unlawfully requires workers to sign noncompetition agreements as a condition of employment and illegally prohibits employees from maintaining second jobs.

May 26, 2023 A class and collective action claims healthcare company WellPath has failed to pay travel nurses proper overtime wages for weeks in which they worked more than 40 hours.

May 25, 2023 A class action alleges American Sign Language, Inc. has misclassified its interpreters as independent contractors, depriving them of certain rights afforded to employees.

May 19, 2023 Wayfair faces a class action lawsuit that alleges it has failed to pay hourly employees proper wages, including overtime, for time spent loading and logging into work-related computer programs prior to each shift.

May 19, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Nike Retail Services, Inc. has violated California law by “regularly” failing to pay employees for the actual amounts of time they worked, inaccurately recording work hours, and denying required break periods.

May 17, 2023 A class action alleges FreightWorks illegally failed to provide at least 60 days’ advance notice before terminating roughly 180 workers in March 2023.

May 10, 2023 A CunEx, Inc. employee has filed a proposed collective action against the logistics company over alleged wage and hour violations.

May 4, 2023 A class and collective action claims long-haul truckload carrier Marten Transport, LTD has systematically failed to pay minimum wages and compensate truck drivers for every hour worked.

May 2, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Arel Trucking, Inc. failed to provide employees with at least 60 days’ advance notice prior to a mass layoff earlier this year.

May 1, 2023 A class and collective action claims that Tegria Holdings, LLC has “knowingly” failed to pay employees proper overtime wages for work that exceeded 40 hours per week.

April 26, 2023 A class action alleges HomeGoods has violated California’s Labor Code by not permitting night shift workers to leave the building during unpaid meal breaks.

April 17, 2023 A former employee has filed a proposed class and collective action against Smoothstack Inc. over alleged Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) abuses.

April 13, 2023 A collective action claims CVS Health has deprived utilization management and review nurses of proper wages by misclassifying them as exempt from overtime pay prior to April 2023.

April 7, 2023 A class and collective action claims ScribeAmerica unlawfully requires medical scribes to complete unpaid, off-the-clock work as part of their training.

April 6, 2023 A class action accuses three individuals and MBR Farms of forcing migrant workers into farm labor in southeastern Georgia during the 2021 blueberry harvest season.

April 6, 2023 A class action alleges Virgin Orbit failed to provide employees with at least 60 days’ notice of impending layoffs in the run-up to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

April 4, 2023 A proposed class action alleges Churchome unlawfully forces employees to tithe 10 percent of their income back to the Washington-based megachurch.