Employees in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin will be the first workers in the country with the right to sue employers in Federal Court for discriminatory employment practices based on sexual orientation. In Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 5839, (7th Cir. 2017), the en banc Seventh Circuit ruled that sexual orientation […]
The U.S. District Court, for the Northern District of New York, conditionally certified a collective action brought by Aldi Store Managers alleging the grocery chain misclassified them as exempt employees under the FLSA, in Griffin et al. v. Aldi Inc., No. 5:16-cv-00354. Faruqi & Faruqi, as co-lead counsel, represents the Plaintiffs and a class of […]
New York workers, along with workers in 18 other states, are ringing in 2017 with higher minimum wage laws. These increases are crucial to low wage workers as the federal minimum wage has remained stagnant at $7.25 per hour since 2009. With Andy Puzder, Chief Executive of CKE Restaurants and a vocal critic of efforts […]
With overwhelming support from the New York City Council, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law the “Freelance Isn’t Free” Act which provides extensive rights to the freelancers who help keep NYC running strong. The Act signifies a major change in how independent contractors will be treated by providing them certain protections previously extended only […]
The Oregon Federal District Court approved a $15.4 million settlement in which FedEx will pay $500 to over $100,000 to approximately 400 delivery drivers. FedEx drivers filed suit in 2005 alleging that the company misclassified them as independent contractors and failed to pay overtime and other wages. The case is part of a larger series […]
The Final Overtime Rule takes effect on December 1, 2016, and extends overtime protection to 4.2 million employees who are currently deemed exempt under the FLSA. The Final Rule more than doubles the qualifying salary threshold for the Executive, Administrative or Professional (“EAP”) exemptions to overtime. The Final Rule also updates the salary levels of […]
The Third Circuit unanimously reversed a district court’s decision that allowed an employer to use paid bona fide meal time to offset unpaid overtime. Three DuPont employees sued the Pennsylvania manufacturing plant for unpaid overtime under the FLSA because the employer failed to compensate them for donning and doffing time and for time spent on […]
A New Hampshire District Court denied Walmart’s bid for a new trial and instead awarded Plaintiff, Maureen McPadden, $16.2 million for her state and federal gender discrimination, wrongful discharge, and retaliation claims. McPadden v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., No. 14-cv-475, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126789, at *3 (D.N.H. Sept. 16, 2016). This came after a […]
Qualcomm entered into a “literally unparalleled” pre-suit settlement to stave off a proposed gender discrimination class action. Qualcomm agreed to pay $19.5 million to approximately 3,290 female employees and make systemic corporate changes to its policies and practices to promote equal pay and job opportunities for its female employees. This action began in October 2015 […]
After suffering a bruising defeat in Colorado federal court, Cultural Care initiates a counteroffensive by filing a suit in Massachusetts District Court to preclude the recently enacted Domestic Workers Bill of Rights from applying to them. See Complaint at 42-44, Cultural Care, Inc. v. Office of the Attorney Gen., No. 16-cv-11777 (D. Mass. Aug. 31, […]
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