Employers generally dislike employees who complain. An employer can run afoul of the law for taking adverse action against a complaining employee, when the employee makes a wage-related complaint that is protected by law. However, as illustrated by the recent case of Montgomery v. Havner, 700 F.3d 1146 (8th Cir. 2012), not all wage-related complaints […]

Previously, this blog reported on the class action overtime case of Rikard, et al. v. U.S. Auto Warranty, LLC (“USAP”), et al. a case being handled by Riggan Law Firm, LLC–a St. Louis overtime law firm–and Weinhaus & Potashnick. The lawsuit involves claims by a group of former sales representatives to recover unpaid overtime wages. About a year

On December 4, 2012, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a Missouri employment law firm, filed a lawsuit on behalf of its client, William Magnah, against Eurest Services, Inc. and KIMCO Facilities Services Corp. to recover damages for the Defendants’ failure to pay overtime wages. Magnah worked for the Defendants as a Field Supervisor in 2011 and 2012. The suit

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