FLSA
Pepsico Employee Paychecks During Kronos Outage Settlement
This settlement resolves a collective and class action against PepsiCo, Inc., New Tiger, LLC, and their divisions and subsidiaries, concerning the companies’ inability to pay employees in a timely or accurate manner for seventeen pay periods between December 5, 2021 and April 8, 2022. The problem occurred because of a cyberattack on the companies’ payroll Read more
Merrill Lynch FSA Overtime Pay Settlement
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. is settling a collection action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The complaint alleged that Merrill Lynch did not pay employees classified as Financial Solutions Advisors properly for all the hours of overtime they worked. Read more
Harvest Hospitalities IHOP Restaurants Labor Law Settlement
This settlement resolves four class actions against Harvest Hospitalities, Inc. and Sattar Shaik, for violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state employment laws in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. The complaint alleges that hourly employees (both servers and non-servers) were not properly paid for hours worked at the International House Read more
Olam Spices Wage and Hour California Settlement
Olam Spices and Vegetables, Inc. and Olam West Coast, Inc. are paying $4.5 million to settle a collective action and four class actions alleging Olam violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and California labor laws. The complaints alleged, among other things, that Olam did not pay wages for all time worked, did not pay Read more
Ecolab Wage and Hour California Labor Law Settlement
Ecolab, Inc. is settling a class action alleging it violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and various California labor laws. Among other things, the complaint alleged the company did not pay proper minimum and overtime wages, did not give workers the required meal and rest breaks, did not provide itemized wage statements, did Read more
Colorado Department of Corrections Overtime Pay for EMRT Shifts Settlement
The Colorado Department of Corrections is paying $5 million to settle a collective action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) alleging that it did not pay proper overtime compensation to parole officers and team leads. The complaint claims the Department did not pay proper overtime for on-call time as part of the Electronic Read more
Royal Farms Unpaid Overtime for Training Settlement
Two Farms, Inc., which does business as Royal Farms, is settling a collective action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) alleging that it misclassified certain employees as exempt from overtime. The complaint alleged that the company did not pay Store Leaders in Training the overtime they were due during the Store Leader in Read more
Marietta Memorial Health System Lunch Breaks Settlement
Marietta Area Healthcare, Inc., which does business as Memorial Health System, Marietta Memorial Hospital, Selby General Hospital, and two individuals have agreed to settle a collective and class action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The complaint alleged that the defendants had caused employees to work without pay when it automatically deducted a thirty-minute Read more
SCR Medical Transportation Wage Settlement
SCR Medical Transportation, Inc. is paying $1.2 million to settle a class action alleging that its drivers had to wait in line longer than the allotted fifteen minutes per shift before clocking in or out. The complaint alleged that the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, and the Chicago 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