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Warehouse Workers Win Millions In Labor Law Settlement
February 6th, 2014
A contractor for Wal-Mart recently agreed to fork over nearly $5 million to help settle a lawsuit that was filed by 568 warehouse workers in Southern California. The case claimed that the workers were underpaid and routinely prevented from taking req…
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Amazon Worker Sues Over Unpaid Time Spent On Security Checks
December 5th, 2013
A man from Pennsylvania has filed suit against Internet retail giant Amazon, saying that the company takes unfair advantage of its workers by putting them through lengthy daily security checks. Lead plaintiff Neal Heimbach says that Amazon’s pat do…
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Department of Labor Extends Minimum Wage/Overtime Protections To Home Health Aides
October 31st, 2013
The Department of Labor announced earlier this month that it would extend rules found in the Fair Labor standards Act (FLSA) to cover workers who provide home healthcare assistance to elderly, sick or disabled individuals. According to the DOL, the n…
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Lady Gaga And The Fair Labor Standards Act
February 28th, 2013
A former personal assistant of Lady Gaga recently filed a lawsuit against the entertainer and her touring company claiming she was denied hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The assistan…
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Indianapolis Hotel Workers Settle Wage-and-Hour Suit
February 5th, 2013
It was recently announced that a wage-and-hour lawsuit by a group of Indianapolis hotel workers against the major national staffing company that employed them has been settled. The workers had argued they were never fully paid for housekeeping and ot…
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Olive Garden/Red Lobster Parent Company Sued for Labor Law Violations
November 1st, 2012
According to a recent lawsuit, Darden Restaurants, the company behind the success of restaurants such as Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille and Red Lobster, violated federal labor laws by underpaying thousands of servers across the…
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Increasing Number of Workers File Wage and Hour Complaints
September 6th, 2012
According to a recent article by NBC News, an increasing number of workers believe that putting in time at work does not result in more financial benefit for them. Studies indicate there has recently been a spike in wage and hour violation claims by…
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Supreme Court Says Drug Reps Not Owed Overtime
June 28th, 2012
According to a recent decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court, pharmaceutical sales representatives fall under the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) definition of “outside salesmen” and are not owed overtime compensation. In t…
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More Developments Regarding "Gang Time" Violations in the Meatpacking Industry
May 31st, 2012
As we told you in our earlier article, Wage Lawsuit Filed Against Creekstone Farms, in April of last year, our Kansas City Overtime Law Firm filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court on behalf of workers Paz Sanchez and Elvis Posadas against Creekst…
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Ongoing Lawsuit Against Creekstone Farms
April 19th, 2012
In April of last year, our unpaid overtime lawfirm, Brady & Associates, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court on behalf of workers Paz Sanchez and Elvis Posadas against Creekstone Farms Premium Beef. Ms. Sanchez and Mr. Posadas were designat…
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