Employment Arrangements
Leonardo Trucking Driver Status and Lease Agreements Class Action
What makes a trucker an independent contractor rather than an employee? And how should truckers’ lease agreements work? The complaint for this class action brings suit against Leonardo Transportation, Inc., Bella Villa Trucking, Inc., and their owner, Dragan Gjurovski, on behalf of a plaintiff-trucker, making claims under both the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act Read more
Catch a Wave by Blue Nami Tip Pooling Settlement
Catch a Wave by Blue Nami, Inc. is settling a class action brought by one of its servers that alleges that the restaurants, in Roseville, Orangevale, and Folsom, California, engaged in improper tip pooling. Read more
Team Health Emergency Doctors RVU Settlement
Team Health, LLC (formers Team Health, Inc.) and Paragon Contracting Services, LLC are spending $15 million to resolve a class action about whether they properly compensated emergency medicine doctors for Supervisory Relative Value Units (RVUs) according to their independent contractor or employment agreements, between 2014 and the time when Variable RVU Compensation Plans were put Read more
Washington DSHS Provider Wage Settlement
The state of Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is putting up $116 million to settle a class action alleging that it did not pay certain individual providers (IPs) of services all the wages they were owed. The complaint alleged that DSHS reduced paid care hours because it found that certain clients shared Read more
Christian Financial Deceptive Pay Rates and FLSA Class Action
This class action, largely about employment, brings suit against Christian Insurance Group, doing business as Christian Financial, and a group of individuals. The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs and class members in this case were hired by Christian Financial with false promises of high payments that never materialized. The complaint claims violations of the Fair Read more
Grand Celebration Ship Employment Settlement
This settlement resolves a class action against Classica Cruise Operator, Ltd. and Paradise Cruise Line Operator, Ltd., Inc., claiming that they did not keep their agreements with their crews when Covid-19 stopped cruise ships from sailing. The complaint alleged that employment contracts required that required the cruise lines pay two months of wages or Basic Read more
River City Casino & Hotel Severance Agreement Class Action
This class action brings suit against PNK, LLC, which does business as River City Casino & Hotel. According to the complaint, River City laid employees off in April without pay, promised in August in a written severance agreement to pay them until the 17th of that month, but then allegedly never paid them anything. Read more
Morgan Stanley Deferred Compensation “Cancellation Rule” Class Action
At issue in this class action is deferred compensation for financial advisors, in association with Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC, and the Morgan Stanley Compensation Management Development and Succession Committee. The complaint alleges that financial advisors may lose substantial amounts of their deferred compensation when they leave the company, and that this is Read more
