A pair of companies operating 17-restaurants in New Jersey and New York recently agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve claims that the defendants violated several provisions of federal labor and wage laws, including failure to overtime pay.
Misclassification of employees is perhaps the biggest wage problems that most employees don’t think to check. In this lawsuit, it claims that the Penthouse Club misclassified their exotic dancers as independent contractors.
Two Philadelphia restaurants recently agreed to settlement terms with the Department of Labor to resolve claims that the company systematically underpaid over 150 current and former workers over the course of several years.
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Hundreds of landscapers in an unpaid overtime collective action lawsuit recently secured a substantial $4.8 million settlement to resolve claims with their former employer over allegations that the defendant failed to pay overtime and other wages under federal labor laws.
PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania recently gave final approval to a proposed $2.5 million settlement to resolve a class action unpaid overtime lawsuit brought by almost 2,000 current and former delivery drivers and Utz Quality Foods, Inc.
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge recently gave tentative approval for a settlement to resolve a class action unpaid overtime lawsuit between a snack food manufacturing company and its drivers who claim the defendant failed to pay the plaintiffs all their due wages, including overtime.