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

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,