Unpaid Overtime Blog
Verdicts and settlements in wage-and-hour cases and items related to the Employment Law Group.
Author: The Employment Law Group is located in Washington, D.C. It also authors Whistleblower Law Blog, Workplace Discrimination Blog, USERRA Rights Blog and Executive Counsel Blog.
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Recent Posts from Unpaid Overtime Blog
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IBM Agrees to Settle Unpaid Overtime Class Action for $7.5 Mil.
The settlement was reached in a putative class action suit originally filed on April 17, 2008. The suit, Danieli et al. v. IBM Corp., alleged that IBM misclassified thousands of employees as exempt from the…
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Department of Labor Files Amicus Brief in Support of Drug Reps
On Wednesday, October 14, 2009, the Secretary of Labor submitted an amicus curiae brief supporting the position of over 2,500 pharmaceutical sales representatives seeking payment for overtime. The brief claims that the U.S. District Court…
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Supreme Court Declines Review of $35.6 Million Verdict Against Family Dollar for Unpaid Overtime
This week the Supreme Court denied writ of certiorari in Morgan v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc., thereby allowing the 2006 jury verdict in favor of 1,424 store managers for unpaid overtime to stand. Among the…
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Workplace Fraud Act of 2009 Will Go Into Effect on October 1, 2009
Maryland’s Workplace Fraud Act of 2009 will go into effect on October 1, 2009. Under the new law, employers in the landscaping and construction industries that knowingly misclassify employees may be subject to a civil penalty…
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Study Reveals That Low-Wage Employees Are Often Victims of Wage Violations
A recent study reveals that low-wage employees are routinely denied overtime pay, paid less than the minimum wage, forced to work-off-the clock without pay, and have their meal breaks denied, interrupted or shortened. The study,…
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Sixth Circuit Lessens Burden for Employees in FLSA Collective Actions
The Sixth Circuit has issued a significant decision in O’Brien et al. v. Ed Donnelly Enter., resolving several key issues on class certification under the FLSA. The case was initiated by two employees who alleged…
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Federal Minimum Wage Increases
On July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage increased from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour. The increase is the third and final increase provided by the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. Under…
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Federal Judge Conditionally Certifies FLSA Class Action Suit Against Pittsburgh Medical Center
A federal judge has conditionally certified a class action suit of potentially 85,000 current and former employees of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The…
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Convenience Store Settles Overtime Suits for $12 Million
Casey’s General Store Inc. has agreed to pay $12 million to settle two class action suits concerning alleged violations of wage and hour laws. According to two former assistant managers, the company violated the Fair…
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District Court Permits Landscapers to Proceed with FLSA and RICO Suit Against Former Employer
A California district court has decided that a group of former landscaping employees can proceed with their lawsuit against their former employer, Mega Lighting, Inc. (“Mega”) for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)…