On October 11, 2011, a call center worker formerly employed by Stream Global Services filed a class action lawsuit against the company in a federal court in Oregon for violations of federal and state wage-and-hour laws. Stream operates a call center, providing customer relations, sales, and technical support. The suit alleges that Steam, by requiring its […]

In early October 2011, Pamela Roberts, a former Gibson Guitar employee, asked a Tennessee federal judge to certify her wage and hour claim against Gibson as a collective action. Ms. Roberts alleges that Gibson illegally failed to pay her for time she spent working during lunch breaks, as well as hours she worked before and after her

When a person is the victim of an illegal act, that person usually has the right to file a lawsuit against the party who they believe violated some law. The person who files such a lawsuit is referred to as a “plaintiff;” the person they sue is called a “defendant;” together, the plaintiff and defendant

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