On November 30+, 2012, in a class action wage lawsuit being handled by Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a St. Louis employment law firm, and Dashtaki Law Firm, a federal Judge entered an Order granting conditional class certification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In an Order in June 2012, the Court rejected HotShots’ bid to have the lawsuit dismissed. […]

Currently, the minimum wage for Missouri workers is $7.30 per hour, the same as the federal minimum wage. While there is a growing trend in several states for an increase in the minimum wage, the federal minimum wage has remained constant since 2009. According to Missouri’s minimum wage law, Section 290.502 of the Revised Missouri Statutes, the Missouri

Recently, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved the settlement of a class/collective action wage lawsuit–filed by Riggan Law Firm, LLC–for the total amount of $215,000. The lawsuit was originally filed in September 2011 on behalf of a group of Customer Service Representatives (CSRs) who worked for Natoli Engineering Company, a St.

In recent years, a major risk/headache for companies has been class action employment lawsuits, particularly in the area of wage and hour law. Some companies have responded to this risk by requiring their employees and job applicants to sign arbitration agreements (requiring an employee to litigate their claim in arbitration instead of in court) and/or class

As indicated in a previous post a few months ago, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a St. Louis employment law firm filed a disability discrimination lawsuit on behalf of its client against the Archdiocese of St. Louis and Cardinal Ritter Senior Services. The lawsuit alleges that Caster was terminated because of his disability, actual and/or perceived, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and

On August 31, 2012, the Southeast Missourian, a newspaper based in Southeast Missouri, published an article about a class action wage and hour lawsuit filed byRiggan Law Firm, LLC against Integrity Communications, a cable installation company based in Sikeston, Missouri. The defendants in the lawsuit include Integrity’s owner,Holly Rehder, who is the Republican candidate running for the

On November 21, 2011, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, working in connection with The Law Offices of Kevin J. Dolley, filed a class/collective action lawsuit on behalf of a group of cable installers against their employer, Integrity Communications, LLC, a Sikeston, Missouri-based company that performs installation of cable, phone, and internet service for major U.S. cable companies such

In a tip pooling lawsuit filed against a restaurant called Mo’s Steakhouse in Houston, Texas, the Honorable Lee H, Rosenthal (Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division) granting the motion of the plaintiff restaurant employees for conditional certification pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Pursuant to

On July 20, 2012, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a St. Louis employment law firm, working in connection with Kuhlmann LLC, obtained a jury verdict for its client in a case involving claims of sexual harassment and retaliation. The Plaintiff, Tracey Evans, worked for the Defendant, Anthony’s Maintenance, LLC (which does business under the name ACC Services) as a janitor/cleaner. Anthony’s/ACC