In early October 2011, a hostess formerly employed by the Indianapolis Colts filed a lawsuit against the NFL team in federal court in Indiana. The suit alleges that the Colts failed to pay its hostesses at least the federal minimum wage for the hours they worked. A federal law called the Fair Labor Standards Act […]

Late last month, two workers involved in the making of the hit film “Black Swan” filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging that the film’s production company, the successful indie filmmaker Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc., used phony internships to avoid paying its workers minimum wage and overtime. The complaint brings several federal and state claims on behalf of

A group of exotic dancers prevailed in federal court this month when a Judge in Georgia ruled that the dancers are “employees” within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and that the dancers are therefore entitled to the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime protections. The plaintiffs were exotic dancers who worked at Club Onyx, an

In late September, 2011, a federal district court judge in New York ordered TopDot Mortgage to compensate 166 of its former mortgage loan officers for the company’s violations of minimum wage and overtime laws. The Order calls for TopDot–an arm of Premium Capital Funding–to pay these loan officers over $9 million in unpaid wages, plus attorneys’

Today, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a St. Louis wage and hour law firm, working in connection with Weinhaus & Potashnick, achieved a victory for a group of tow truck drivers in a wage-related lawsuit currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The lawsuit is a collective action case that alleges violations

Earlier this month, Angeline Jean-Baptiste, a former Burger King employee, filed a lawsuit in a Florida federal court alleging that Burger King had violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Specifically, Ms. Jean-Baptiste claims that her former employer failed to pay her for all the hours she worked, and that she was constructively discharged after repeatedly objecting

In mid-September, 2011, a federal judge in Illinois granted class certification to 200 Kraft Foods employees suing the company for violations of Illinois wage and hour law. The lawsuit was filed in early 2010. The plaintiff employees claim that Kraft’s policy of not paying them for the time they spent putting on and taking off protective equipment

In mid-September, 2011, a federal court in Missouri granted conditional class certification in a lawsuit brought on behalf of all delivery drivers who have been employed by Papa John’s Pizza in the past three years. The suit alleges that Papa John’s did not pay its delivery drivers in accordance with federal and state minimum wage laws. In their

On September 27, 2011, Riggan Law Firm, LLC , a St. Louis overtime law firm, on behalf of its client, filed an overtime lawsuit against the St. Louis branch office of New Horizons Computer Learning Center. According to New Horizons’ website, it is the world’s largest independent IT training provider, with over 300 training centers in