As indicated in a previous blog post in March 10, 2012, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a St. Louis wage and hour law firm, working in connection with Dashtaki Law Firm, LLC, previously filed a class action wage lawsuit against HotShots Sports Bar & Grill, which has several locations in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The lawsuit alleges that HotShots violated […]

In May 2012, an important federal regulation that relates the wages of tipped employees was upheld by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Department of Labor regulation at issue requires employers to notify tipped employees in advance of the use of a “tip credit,” which is where an employer such as a

In May 2012, former employees of Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Inc. obtained conditional class certification in their suit against the company for unpaid overtime wages. The employees previously filed a class action lawsuit against their former employer alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Missouri law due to a failure to pay for

In 2010, a group of former employees filed a class action lawsuit against Enterprise Holdings (which owns Enterprise, Alamo, and National car rental companies) for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Missouri law due to Enterprise’s alleged failure to pay for work performed “off-the-clock.” Recently, Enterprise agreed to settle the class action lawsuit. The suit, which was certified as a

Recently, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a St. Louis employment law firm, working in connection with Holloran, White, Schwartz, & Gaertner, LLP, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit on behalf of its client, Jessica Boewer, against St. Louis-based restaurant and bar, Ice Kitchen. At the time of the events alleged in the suit, Ice Kitchen was owned by

Recently, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a Missouri overtime law firm, working in connection with Weinhaus & Potashnick, filed a class action overtime lawsuit against Convergys Corporation, which provides outsourced call center operations to various companies. According to its website, Convergys has 77,000 employees in 69 call centers located throughout the U.S. To read a copy of the lawsuit,

In the current economy, many discussions center around job creation and economic growth. Unemployment rates are high, both nationally and in the State of Missouri. And many of those who are employed are under-employed. Bi-partisan consensus seems to be calling for ways to put unemployed workers back to work and keep them employed. Yet despite

Many employees have a valid legal claim for unpaid overtime, but do no pursue such a claim because there is no “proof” of the hours they worked. For example, an employer may allow or require its employees to work “off the clock,” such that the employer’s time records do not reflect certain time worked by employees. Or an

On January 4, 2012, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a Missouri overtime law firm, working in connection with Weinhaus & Potashnick, filed a class action overtime lawsuit against St. Louis-based cable provider, Charter Communications. To read a copy of the lawsuit, click here. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of a class of telephone customer service representatives (“CSRs”) at a call