Author: Abram Kreeger

MyEyeDr Hit With Nationwide Overtime Lawsuit By Store Managers– Bloomberg Law– February 14, 2022

Bloomberg Law (February 14, 2022, 4:36 PM EST) — MyEyeDr faces allegations it misclassified hundreds of managers as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act to avoid paying them overtime wages, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court in Massachusetts.

GEICO Settles Wage Suit Over Meal Break Claims For $155K – Law360– February 11, 2022

Law360 (February 11, 2022, 2:01 PM EST) — A group of workers reached a $155,000 deal withGEICO to individually settle their wage suit filed in California federal court, where the employeesaccused the company of requiring them to work through meal breaks, leaving them underpaid. 

Judge OKs $1.7M Settlement In Nelnet Call Center OT Suit – Law360– February 10, 2022

Law360 (February 10, 2022, 7:55 PM EST) — Student loan servicer Nelnet has agreed to settle acollective action accusing the company of failing to pay call center employees overtime wages, with aColorado federal judge giving final approval to the nearly $1.7 million settlement Thursday.

10th Circ. Offers Rare Precedent For Call Center Wage Cases – Law360– November 1, 2021

Call center workers’ claims that employers failed to pay for pre-shift time spent booting up computers could gain more traction after the Tenth Circuit said that such work is compensable and that even small amounts of time can be estimated, workers’ attorneys say, though employers’ attorneys say defense remain.

10th Circ. Revives Workers’ Preshift Wage Claims – Law360– October 12, 2021

Even a small amount of time call center workers spent starting their computers is compensable, the Tenth Circuit ruled, finding that a student loan company isn’t free from isn’t free from its legal obligation to pay them for the pre-shift work they performed.

U.S. Bancorp Assistant Managers Get Collective Status in OT Suit – Bloomberg Law News– August 19, 2021

1. Employees seek wages for off-the-clock work

2. Bank’s OT policies at issues in FLSA case 

A group of U.S. Bancorp assistant branch managers in five states may proceed as a certified Fair Labor Standards Act collective on claims that the bank shortchanged them on overtime pay for off-the-clock work, a federal judge in Seattle ruled. 

Bayada Home Health Care Workers Get Cert. In OT Suit – Law360 – August 9, 2021

A New Jersey federal judge has granted final certification to a pair of classes suing Bayada Home Health Care over claims the business violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by misclassifying some employees as overtime exempt instead of nonexempt. 

Health Care Management Co. Settles OT Suit For Almost $1M – Law360 – May 25, 2021

A health information management company agreed on Friday to pay almost $1 million to the coders who accused the organization  of not paying them overtime.  

Bankrupt Hertz Reaches Settlement On $48M Overtime Suit – Law360 – May 25, 2021

Bankrupt car rental giant Hertz Global told a New York court that it has settled a $47.9 million potential class action claim over unpaid overtime for $200,000 in cash, as part of a larger $7.1 million settlement of this and four similar suits.

Casey’s Store Managers Get OK for Collective Cert. In OT Suit – Law360 – April 1, 2021

Store managers for Casey’s General Stores can proceed with claims that general store chain misclassified them as exempt from overtime pay because they did mostly “associate-type” work such as stocking shelves, an Indiana federal judge has ruled.