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Employees Sue Elegant Service for Alleged Wage-And-Hour Violations

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Feds Sue Poultry Producers, Alleging Unfair Worker Practices

In its lawsuit, the Justice Department alleges the companies have been engaged in a multiyear conspiracy to exchange information about the wages and benefits of workers at poultry processing plants to drive down employee competition in the marketplace.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Significant Revisions to PMWA Regulations for Tipped Employees Coming to a Restaurant Near You in August

Pennsylvania employers with tipped employees should revise their policies and practices in advance of the Aug. 5 effective date of the regulations.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Justices Dismiss Appeal on Timeliness of Attorney Fee Request as Improvidently Granted

The decision lets stand a ruling that a motion seeking attorney fees was barred by a 30-day time restriction.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Curbing 'Decision Creep'?: Wage-and-Hour Attorneys Applaud Wolson's Critique of Individual FLSA Settlement Approval Requirement

Eliminating the approval requirement would get rid of disproportionate case costs and may ultimately incentivize more lawyers to take on FLSA claims on behalf of low-wage workers.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judicial Approval Requirement for Individual FLSA Settlements Only Adds 'Procedural Hurdles,' US Judge Says

One attorney said she foresees U.S. District Judge Joshua Wolson's opinion being heavily cited in FLSA disputes. Another said Wolson may have been the first to directly address the issue.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Rejects 'Coercive,' 'Illusory' Class Action Settlement With Turning Point Restaurants

Under the proposed agreement, a class member can only receive compensation by opting into the FLSA collective action against Turning Point and releasing all other FLSA and state law wage claims.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

New Law Could Mean Bigger Workers' Comp Payouts—But Lawyers and Insurers Aren't Worried

"In my experience, most claimants are earning less than the maximum rate already," said Jeff K. Stinson, partner at Swift Currie in Atlanta. "This increase will not impact their claims."
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Former Paralegal Sues Saltz Mongeluzzi Over Unpaid Overtime Claims

The plaintiff, who worked at Saltz Mongeluzzi for nine years, said in her complaint that she was denied overtime pay in 2020 and undercompensated for overtime work in 2021. But firm founder Robert Mongeluzzi said she never provided a concrete number of hours to be evaluated for compensation.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Ruling Says Truck Drivers Were Wrongly Classified as Independent Contractors

"The major thing the court found was under the ABC Test, he could grant employee status under summary judgment because the ABC Test is so strict, we don't have to go to trial," plaintiffs lawyer Harold Lichten said.
5 minute read

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