Wage and Hour

July 30, 2021 A proposed class action claims Amazon Retail LLC has violated California law by failing to provide requisite information on workers’ paystubs.

July 27, 2021 A class and collective action alleges National Claims Adjusters has misclassified certain workers as independent contractors and denied them proper wages.

July 26, 2021 The operator of a Nashville Popeyes franchise is alleged to have denied employees proper overtime pay and any wages for their final week or weeks of employment.

July 23, 2021 A lawsuit claims Amazon failed to pay workers proper overtime wages and discriminated against female employees by paying them less than their male counterparts.

July 20, 2021 A class action alleges Walmart’s criminal background checks for job applicants are overly broad and disproportionately harm Black and Latinx prospective employees.

July 16, 2021 Bank of America faces a class action over its alleged failure to reimburse the business expenses of mortgage employees who worked from home during the pandemic.

July 7, 2021 A class action alleges the cap placed on weekly unemployment benefits by the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce is illegal under state law.

July 6, 2021 Traincroft, Inc. faces a proposed class and collective action wherein an employee claims he and other workers have not been paid proper overtime wages.

July 6, 2021 A class action claims the frequency with which Five Guys Enterprises pays employees of its burger restaurants is a violation of New York’s Labor Law.

June 30, 2021 A collective and class action alleges Dave & Buster’s has underpaid tipped employees as the result of taking an improper tip credit.

June 30, 2021 Two pro MMA fighters allege UFC has maintained an unlawful monopoly in the market for live MMA contests and monopsony control over professional fighter services.

June 25, 2021 AutoZone faces a class action wherein a former employee claims he and other manual workers were paid biweekly instead of weekly as required by New York state law.

June 24, 2021 A proposed class and collective action claims the operator of Binny’s Beverage Depot failed to pay workers proper overtime wages during the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 22, 2021 A lawsuit claims O’Reilly Auto Enterprises has failed to pay workers for mandatory COVID-19 and security screenings that occur before and after their shifts.

June 18, 2021 A class action argues that iMedia Brands cannot use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse as to why it failed to provide workers with 60 days’ notice prior to layoffs last March.

June 18, 2021 A lawsuit claims the operators of certain Domino’s pizza restaurants in New York have failed to properly reimburse delivery drivers for business expenses.

June 16, 2021 An ex-Legg Mason worker claims she was unlawfully misclassified as a temporary worker and denied certain benefits associated with full-time employment.

June 16, 2021 A class action lawsuit claims Seadrill Americas, Inc. failed to provide at least 60 days’ notice before executing a mass layoff and closure of its facilities.

June 15, 2021 Empire Solar Group faces a proposed class action after terminating the employment of roughly 100 workers at its Salt Lake City facility around June 8, 2021.

June 10, 2021 Former Illinois House of Representatives member Michael Fortner claims his salary was unconstitutionally manipulated mid-term between 2009 and 2018.

June 10, 2021 A lawsuit claims Central Bucks School District has discriminated against female teachers by paying them less than male teachers with similar experience.

June 9, 2021 A lawsuit claims St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center and Catholic Health Services of Long Island have failed to pay employees for every hour worked.

June 9, 2021 An ex-employee claims Regeneron Pharmaceuticals unlawfully discriminated against him based on his race and paid him on a bi-weekly basis instead of every week.

June 8, 2021 An ex-employee alleges Phyton Talent Advisors and Societe Generale Americas failed to pay proper overtime and fired him in retaliation for certain workplace complaints.

June 7, 2021 Government contractor JusticeWorks Youthcare, Inc. faces a proposed class and collective action over its alleged failure to pay workers proper overtime wages.

June 3, 2021 Forsgren, Inc. faces a proposed class and collective action that alleges the general contractor has failed to pay employees proper wages for every hour worked.

June 2, 2021 Procter & Gamble Distributing, LLC and Schenker, Inc. have been hit with a proposed class action wherein an employee alleges violations of California’s Labor Code have caused workers to be underpaid.

June 2, 2021 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. faces a collective action over its alleged failure to properly pay servers for non-tipped and off-the-clock work.

June 1, 2021 Shop-Vac Corporation faces a proposed class action over its abrupt termination of more than 400 employees in September 2020.

June 1, 2021 A former Mass. Nike employee alleges the sneaker giant and Converse have utilized an unlawful off-the-clock store checkout policy that has caused retail associates to incur up to a half hour of unpaid work time per shift.

May 28, 2021 Amazon and a contractor face a lawsuit wherein a former employee claims delivery associates were not paid for every hour worked and deprived of overtime wages.

May 28, 2021 A lawsuit claims Wells Fargo failed to reimburse business expenses incurred by employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and misclassified them as exempt.

May 27, 2021 A proposed class and collective action claims Parts Authority has failed to properly reimburse delivery drivers for business-related expenses.

May 25, 2021 A lawsuit claims P.F. Chang’s unlawfully paid tipped employees less than the minimum hourly wage while failing to comply with strict tip credit requirements.

May 25, 2021 Goya Foods, Inc. and a subsidiary have misclassified sales representatives as independent contractors and taken unlawful deductions from their wages, a proposed class action alleges.

May 25, 2021 A lawsuit claims a subcontractor for Louis Berger misclassified as independent contractors those who worked on relief efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

May 25, 2021 Phoenix Houses of Long Island has failed to pay proper overtime wages and retaliated against a worker for complaining about its pay practices, a lawsuit alleges.

May 24, 2021 A proposed collective action alleges language specialists employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation are owed unpaid overtime wages.

May 24, 2021 A lawsuit claims subcontractor H.P. Services, Corp. has failed to properly compensate workers staffed with money provided by the federal government for clean-up and restoration efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

May 21, 2021 Union Bank and Trust Company has unlawfully failed to include bonuses in the calculation of employees’ overtime wage rates, a proposed collective action alleges.

May 20, 2021 A class and collective action alleges United States Postal Service (USPS) workers are owed hazardous duty pay for exposure to “virulent biologicals” amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 20, 2021 A United Parcel Service, Inc. employee claims the packaging and shipping giant has misclassified hub operations supervisors as exempt from receiving overtime pay.

May 20, 2021 A class action alleges the University of Mississippi has engaged in deplorable, “largely off the record” age, gender and racial discrimination.

May 19, 2021 A lawsuit alleges a FedEx contractor hired and retained as a supervisor a man alleged to be a “known sexual predator” despite reports of sexual harassment and knowledge of the individual’s alleged criminal activity.

May 18, 2021 The Four Seasons in Miami faces a class action that alleges the luxury hotel has wrongfully kept a number of workers on a perpetual furlough despite having no intention of bringing them back to work.

May 18, 2021 CAC Services faces a lawsuit that claims the inspection company has misclassified field service agents as independent contractors and denied them proper wages.

May 14, 2021 A lawsuit claims Aramark Campus, LLC has failed to pay wages for every hour worked and discriminated against a woman on the basis of her autoimmune conditions.

May 14, 2021 A proposed class and collective action claims SmileDirectClub failed to pay employees proper wages and provide uninterrupted meal periods.

May 14, 2021 A lawsuit claims GEICO has “pressured” Region 1 adjusters into downplaying their number of hours worked, thus depriving them of both regular and overtime wages.

May 13, 2021 A lawsuit alleges the builders of a Hindu temple in New Jersey trafficked and then force Indian nationals to perform stonework and other construction after obtaining “R-1” religious visas to come to the United States.