FLSA

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

City Wav Employees Unpaid Wages, Unpaid Overtime FLSA, NYLL Class Action

In this class action, the issue is wages and the defendants are employers, including City Wav Corp., an individual known as Andre “Doe,” and some possible “John Does I-V.” The complaint alleges that the City Wav defendants did not pay employees at proper overtime rates, when they worked more than forty hours per week, and  Read more

Grocery Store Employees Flat Rates of Pay NYLL, FLSA Class Action

This class action sues a list of grocery stores and two individuals in Queens and Nassau counties in New York for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York Labor Law (NYLL). The complaint alleges that the defendants paid flat rates to the butchers and grocers who worked for them and did not  Read more

CHI Franciscan Health Wage and Hour Settlement

Franciscan Health System (which does business as CHI Franciscan Health), Franciscan Medical Group, Franciscan Health Ventures, Harrison Medical Center, and Harrison Medical Center Foundation are settling a class action and collective action alleging that they violated labor laws, including the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The complaint alleged a number of violations in the  Read more