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May 14, 2024
Venable LLP is growing its presence by opening its first office in Colorado, with eight commercial and employment attorneys from Sherman & Howard LLP opening its Denver location, which will be headed by partner-in-charge James "Jim" Sawtelle, the firm announced Tuesday.
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May 14, 2024
With a recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion said to be illuminating the path forward, a federal judge in Connecticut has declined to dismiss a case by a self-described former "high-level" employee of a private equity firm who alleges she was fired after raising concerns about her employer's treatment of women.
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May 14, 2024
A California federal judge again refused to approve a $2.25 million deal between Walmart and 1,700 workers that would resolve an unpaid overtime lawsuit, finding that the modified agreement did not fix deficiencies the court had previously identified in the settlement's distribution method.
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May 14, 2024
A California state appeals court found that a trial court properly evaluated and approved a deal ending a Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit, disagreeing that intervenors were owed input in the case and rejecting the state labor department's assertion that the settlement was a "reverse auction."
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May 14, 2024
The operator of Domino's Pizza franchise stores can't push into arbitration a driver's suit claiming under-reimbursement, a Tennessee federal judge ruled, saying the operator is not part of an arbitration pact the worker signed.
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May 14, 2024
An Indiana federal judge said Eli Lilly & Co. can immediately appeal a decision certifying a collective in a suit accusing the pharmaceutical company of favoring millennials over older workers for promotions, agreeing that the Seventh Circuit should clarify the requirements for moving forward collectively.
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May 14, 2024
A former worker for a cannabis cultivator and distributor is suing his former employer in California state court, saying he was fired in retaliation for reporting a work environment rife with racial discrimination.
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May 14, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court already made clear that state courts "have the last word" on the arbitration fate of nonindividual Private Attorneys General Act claims, a Lyft driver said, saying there's no need for the justices to weigh in on his misclassification case.
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May 14, 2024
An Indiana diner must stop retaliating against workers cooperating with a U.S. Department of Labor probe into its pay practices after a federal judge granted the agency's request for an injunction.
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May 14, 2024
A California federal judge gave the final sign-off on a $664,000 settlement ending claims that DoorDash misclassified delivery drivers as independent contractors and failed to pay minimum wage, finding the terms to be a fair resolution of the dispute.
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May 13, 2024
A driver for a Domino's franchisee told an Ohio federal court his suit claiming under-reimbursement for vehicle-related expenses should proceed normally after the Sixth Circuit weighed in, saying the appellate court's decision doesn't lead to a different way forward.
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May 13, 2024
A California federal judge Monday placed the final stamp of approval on a $725,000 deal resolving over 600 workers' wage claims against Hyatt, finding the terms to be a reasonable resolution, but trimmed the workers' attorney fees award because the case didn't warrant a larger-than-usual award.
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May 13, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor rejected a group of farms' criticisms of new H-2A agricultural wages as a mere policy disagreement, telling a North Carolina federal court that the rule was appropriately enacted after taking stock of its potential financial effects.
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May 13, 2024
The contract a real estate agent signed deeming him an independent contractor is enough to resolve his claims of improper wage deductions, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Monday, saying that a state three-prong test doesn't need to apply.
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May 13, 2024
A Popeye's franchisee and one of its managers will end a U.S. Department of Labor suit in Pennsylvania federal court claiming they lied to and threatened department investigators, after a federal judge approved a deal Monday.
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May 13, 2024
An ex-police officer accusing the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, of forcing its officers to accept time off instead of overtime urged a federal court to deny the city's request to toss the suit, saying the city should be held accountable for failing to pay overtime.
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May 13, 2024
An attorney who secured a six-figure judgment in a multistate wage class action against an Apple-affiliated repair company has asked for more than $775,000 in fees, citing her opponents' "aggressive" litigation tactics and the significant risk she incurred in taking on the case.
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May 13, 2024
A high-stakes battle over the employment status of drivers for Uber and Lyft kicked off in Massachusetts on Monday, as the companies sought to flip the government allegations by arguing that the ride-hailing giants work for their drivers, not the other way around.
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May 13, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court won't intervene in a pending Massachusetts lawsuit against the operator of a freight rail line over whether its employees are covered by the state's Prevailing Wage Act, declining Monday to review the case.
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May 13, 2024
A home healthcare company in Indianapolis paid more than $151,000 in back wages and damages for denying 32 workers overtime rates, the U.S. Department of Labor announced.
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May 13, 2024
A delivery company urged an Ohio federal judge not to allow a package courier to appeal to the Sixth Circuit the decertification of a collective of workers alleging the company misclassified them as independent contractors, saying the appeal would not hasten the end of the dispute.
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May 10, 2024
A Washington state judge has ordered a healthcare system to pay nearly $230 million to 33,000 workers, doubling the damages a jury awarded to the employees in April based on the company's "willful" violations of wage law.
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May 10, 2024
A Black doctor must arbitrate her claims that she was mistreated by non-Black colleagues at a home healthcare company and fired after raising concerns that it was sidestepping Medicare billing regulations, a California federal judge ruled, finding an arbitration agreement she signed is legitimate.
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May 10, 2024
An American Airlines employee is trying again on a claim that the company owes him overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, telling an Arizona federal judge Friday that the latest version of his complaint shows he's covered by the FLSA, not the Railway Labor Act.
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May 10, 2024
The delta between criminal wage theft and civil wage and hour violations is large, but unpacking the differences between them offers important lessons about intent and the power of the penal code to deter bad behavior, attorneys say.