Wage and Hour

November 24, 2021 Petco faces a proposed collective and class action that claims the pet supply store has failed to pay employees for every hour worked.

November 24, 2021 A lawsuit claims Albertsons failed to include the extra hazard pay workers received during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of their time-and-a-half overtime rates.

November 23, 2021 Boston Market Corp. has violated the New York Labor Law by paying manual workers on a bi-weekly basis instead of every week, a proposed class action claims.

November 23, 2021 Workers at Outback Steakhouse and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar were not paid proper wages due to the misapplication of a tip credit, two lawsuits claim.

November 23, 2021 A class action alleges Sony Interactive Entertainment has failed to pay employees who are female, or who identify as female, equally to males who perform substantially similar work.

November 18, 2021 A class action claims Verizon Connect has required inside sales reps to work significant amounts of hours off the clock and without being properly paid.

November 17, 2021 A class action alleges the Salvation Army has coerced vulnerable Adult Rehabilitation Center participants into working at its thrift stores under threat of harm, including incarceration and reputational and financial damage.

November 15, 2021 U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services and the Dept. of Homeland Security face a class action wherein asylum-seekers allege they’ve lost or will soon lose out on jobs due to unreasonable work authorization delays.

November 15, 2021 A class action claims Amazon has failed to pay Pennsylvania warehouse workers for time spent undergoing mandatory security screenings as required under state law.

November 11, 2021 A class action alleges that an “old boys’ club” culture exists at UPS wherein female employees, especially those over the age of 40, routinely face systemic age and gender discrimination.

November 10, 2021 A lawsuit claims DoorDash has failed to properly pay drivers for every hour worked, much less the “high” hourly wages promised in job advertisements.

November 5, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Banana Republic workers should have been paid weekly instead of bi-weekly in accordance with New York law.

November 4, 2021 A class action alleges Knight Transportation unlawfully failed to provide drivers with proper meal and rest breaks and owes them unpaid wages and other payments.

November 4, 2021 A lawsuit claims the operator of numerous Papa John’s stores failed to properly reimburse delivery drivers for expenses associated with using their personal vehicles.

November 1, 2021 The owner and operator of a number of Alaska Papa John’s franchises has allegedly paid delivery drivers less than the federal hourly minimum wage.

October 29, 2021 A class action alleges Flowers Foods and Derst Baking Company have misclassified distributors as independent contractors and denied them proper overtime wages.

October 28, 2021 A lawsuit claims Premier Senior Living misclassified salaried employees as exempt from overtime wages despite requiring them to perform non-exempt work.

October 28, 2021 Expedia and several related entities face a lawsuit that alleges California employees were not paid for every hour worked and denied proper meal and rest breaks.

October 27, 2021 The operators of four Boston-area Japanese-style steak houses have been hit with a former chef's claims that he and other workers were not paid proper wages.

October 27, 2021 DBi Services and Sterling Partners Equity Advisors face a class action after allegedly failing to provide mandatory 60 days’ notice prior to a mass worker layoff on October 22, 2021.

October 25, 2021 Hatfield Quality Meats faces a class action that alleges the pork processor failed to pay production workers for time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings.

October 25, 2021 DCD Delivery, Inc. and DHL Express face claims that they failed to pay delivery drivers proper overtime wages and provide statutory meal breaks.

October 19, 2021 Cargill failed to pay production workers for time spent undergoing mandatory COVID-19 screenings before each shift and after lunch breaks, a class action alleges.

October 13, 2021 A lawsuit claims Counseling Alliance of Virginia failed to pay certain workers at least the minimum wage as a result of charging “supervision fees.”

October 13, 2021 A class action claims Amazon Relay drivers in California have been misclassified as independent contractors and denied statutory protections under state law.

October 12, 2021 IBM faces a class action over its alleged practice of capping sales representatives’ commissions despite representing that the earnings would never be capped.

October 6, 2021 A proposed class action alleges Amazon failed to pay Colorado warehouse workers for pre- and post-shift work performed off the clock.

October 4, 2021 Safelite failed to pay workers proper wages and provide appropriate meal and rest breaks in accordance with California labor law, a class action alleges.

September 29, 2021 The Coca-Cola Company faces a lawsuit that claims employees were not paid in accordance with state and federal labor laws or provided with proper breaks.

September 21, 2021 Thirteen plaintiffs have signed onto a lawsuit in which they allege the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and several officials have failed to pay proper overtime wages.

September 17, 2021 Three EMS workers have filed a proposed collective action in which they claim New York City has failed to properly calculate overtime wages.

September 17, 2021 Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of New York has misclassified distributors as contractors and owes them unpaid wages and expense reimbursement, a lawsuit alleges.

September 16, 2021 A class action alleges Dillon Logistics and Cotton Creek Capital Partners violated the law by failing to provide 60 days’ advance notice of a mass layoff on Aug. 31, 2021.

September 14, 2021 United Coal Company, Wellmore Coal and Wellmore Energy failed to pay miners for time spent donning protective gear and traveling underground, a lawsuit alleges.

September 10, 2021 A class action claims Walmart has failed to properly pay California distribution center employees for all hours worked, among other alleged labor law violations.

September 10, 2021 Acushnet Company faces a proposed class action over its alleged failure to properly pay California employees for all hours worked.

September 8, 2021 A proposed collective action alleges Live Nation sales reps have been misclassified as exempt from receiving time-and-a-half overtime wages.

September 7, 2021 Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants in California have failed to provide workers with proper breaks and reimbursement for business expenses, a lawsuit alleges.

September 3, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Bauer Hockey knew or should have known that a number of its employees were working without pay while on furlough from the hockey equipment manufacturer last year.

August 31, 2021 A lawsuit claims Instacart has misclassified workers as independent contractors and failed to pay them proper wages and reimbursement for business expenses.

August 19, 2021 AllianceRx and a staffing agency have failed to pay call center employees for work performed before clocking in and after clocking out, according to a lawsuit.

August 19, 2021 The operators of certain New York Domino’s Pizza franchises face claims that they have failed to properly reimburse delivery drivers for vehicle operation costs.

August 16, 2021 A lawsuit alleges the New York Shakespeare Festival failed to properly pay workers and discriminated against African American employees.

August 16, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Prima Frutta Packing and related entities have unlawfully discriminated against agricultural workers on the basis of age, sex and national origin.

August 10, 2021 The operator of Romano’s Macaroni Grill restaurants faces claims that it failed to pay tipped servers and bartenders proper wages.

August 6, 2021 A lawsuit claims Gregorys Coffee violated labor laws by failing to provide proper notice and management of employees’ schedules and pay the workers for off-the-clock work.

August 4, 2021 A lawsuit claims On the Border restaurants applied an unlawful tip credit to workers’ wages and thus underpaid them in accordance with state and federal law.

August 3, 2021 A proposed class action claims Smashburger has violated a New York state law by paying manual workers every other week instead of on a weekly basis.

August 2, 2021 A lawsuit alleges three contractors have failed to pay drivers any wages for their final weeks of work due to a contract dispute with the U.S. Postal Service.

July 30, 2021 A class action alleges certain Southwest Airlines workers have been denied the pay and benefits promised through a COVID-19 Extended Emergency Time Off program due to being on long-term military leave.