Fair Labor Standards Act
Law360 Interviews Nicholas Woodfield, Principal of The Employment Law Group®, on Favorable Decision in Collective Action Suit Against Farmers Insurance
Law360 recently interviewed Nicholas Woodfield, principal at The Employment Law Group® law firm, following a favorable decision in MacGregor, et al. v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, ... Full story
Farmers Insurance Adjustors Alleging Overtime Pay Violations Win Conditional Class Certification
On July 20, 2012, Judge David C. Norton of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, granted conditional certification to a group ... Full story
Wal-Mart to Pay $4.8 Million in Back Wages to More Than 4,500 Workers Improperly Denied Overtime
On May 1, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $4,828,442 in back wages and damages to ... Full story
Boston Market to Pay $3 Million to Settle Class Action FLSA Lawsuit for Unpaid Overtime
Boston Market Corp., a food chain based in Golden, Colorado, agreed to pay $3 million to settle a class action Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ... Full story
Sales Representatives File $70 Million FLSA Class Action Lawsuit Against Novartis Pharmaceuticals for Unpaid Overtime
A class of sales representative this month filed a $70 million suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., a subsidiary of Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, Inc., ... Full story
E-Trade Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Overtime Suit Claiming Employee Misclassification
On February 23, 2012, E-Trade Financial Corp. agreed to pay a $1.5 million settlement to resolve claims by a proposed class of company relationship managers ... Full story
Novartis Agrees to Pay $99 Million to Settle Overtime Class Action Suit Brought by Drug Sales Representatives
On January 25, 2012, U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty issued a preliminary approval of a $99 million settlement agreement between Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. and a ... Full story
Vitamin Shoppe Settles Lawsuit Alleging Company Promoted Employees to Manager to Avoid Paying Overtime Wages
Last week, health supplement retailer Vitamin Shoppe Industries Inc. (“Vitamin Shoppe”) settled the final portion of a class action lawsuit which had alleged that the ... Full story
Department of Labor Rule Change to Provide Minimum Wage and Overtime Protection to 2 Million In-Home Care Workers
Last week the Obama administration unveiled a proposal to extend minimum wage and overtime protections to approximately two million home health aides and other in-home ... Full story