Law360 (June 17, 2025, 9:26 PM EDT) — A New York federal court refused Tuesday to reconsider a decision finding there are still questions over whether field organizers for Michael Bloomberg’s 2020 presidential campaign are individually covered under federal wage law, and denied the entity’s bid for an immediate appeal in the workers’ suit claiming unpaid minimum wage.
Law360 (March 28, 2025, 1:16 PM EDT) — Car rental company Avis can’t escape managers’ collective action accusing it for misclassifying them as overtime-exempt, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, finding a longer time limit for bringing the sit applied because the workers backed up their claims that the company’s conduct was willful.
Law360 (October 2, 2024, 12:40 PM EDT) — A New Jersey federal judge greenlighted a $2.7 million
settlement that resolves a suit from a collective of sales specialists who accused pharmaceutical
company Teva of unlawfully denying them overtime wages during an extended training program.
Law360 (January 5, 2024, 1:57 PM EST) — Former Hertz managers accusing the company of cheating lower-level managers out of 10 to 15 hours of weekly overtime wages asked a Florida federal judge to certify a collective, saying Hertz’s standardized operations prove they are similar enough to proceed as a group.
Law360 (December 18, 2023, 2:45 PM EST) — A group of sales workers urged a New Jersey federal judge to certify a class in their suit accusing Teva Pharmaceuticals of unlawfully denying them overtime wages during an extended training program, arguing that the company had admitted to the misclassification, proving they had a common claim.
The Ledger ( November 21, 2023, 3:31 PM EDT)–Three former Publix assistant department managers in Florida, Tennessee and Georgia claimed that the supermarket chain consistently required them to perform off-the-clock work without pay, according to a suit filed Thursday in Florida federal court.
Law360 ( October 26, 2023, 6:14 PM EDT)–Three former Publix assistant department managers in Florida, Tennessee and Georgia claimed that the supermarket chain consistently required them to perform off-the-clock work without pay, according to a suit filed Thursday in Florida federal court.
Law360 ( September 20, 2023, 3:04 PM EDT)–Starbucks agreed to pay $2.9 million to end a suit brought by a group of California managers who said they were required to do bits and pieces of work on their personal cellphones while they were off the clock, the workers told a federal court.