Anthony Simpkins sued the DuPage
Housing Authority and DHA Management, Inc. (collectively,
DHA), alleging various violations of the Fair Labor Standards
Act (FLSA), the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (IMWL), the
Illinois Employee Classification Act (IECA), the Illinois
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Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA), and the Family and Medical
Leave Act (FMLA). On cross‐... More...   $0 (06-27-2018 - IL)

The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 12300
et seq.) provides in-home services to elderly or disabled persons so that they may avoid
institutionalization. For purposes of the state unemployment insurance system, IHSS
service recipients are considered employers of their service providers if the providers are
directly paid by the program or the recipie... More...   $0 (06-15-2018 - CA)

Sara Sampra sued her employer,
the United States Department of Transportation, alleging that
it interfered with her rights under the Family and Medical
Leave Act by reassigning her to a different position after she
returned from childbirth leave. The district court granted
summary judgment for the defendant on the merits, finding
that Sampra was offered essentially the same... More...   $0 (04-24-2018 - IL)

This appeal involves a putative class action brought by consumers in four states who alleged that Appellees Owens Corning and Owens Corning Sales, LLC (collectively, Owens Corning) sold defective roof shingles and misrepresented the shingles’ expected useful life. Appellants challenge an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denying class certification.... More...   $0 (03-22-2018 - PA)

This case arises from the events surrounding the death of Jamycheal Mitchell. His personal representative, Roxanne Adams, brought this action on his behalf, asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against Debra K. Ferguson and forty-nine other defendants. Ferguson moved to dismiss all claims against her; the district court denied the motion. Ferguson appeals. For the reasons that fol... More...   $0 (03-14-2018 - VA)

This case presents the novel question whether claims
under state wage and hour laws may be brought by workers
employed on drilling platforms fixed on the outer Continental
Shelf. Brian Newton worked on such a platform off the coast
of Santa Barbara. His shifts lasted fourteen days and he
regularly worked twelve hours per day. After Parker Drilling
(“Parker”) terminated him,... More...   $0 (02-10-2018 - CA)

Appellants Michael Lampe and Karen McNair appeal the trial court’s order
denying class certification of their wage and hour claims against Queen of the Valley
Medical Center (QVMC). The trial court concluded that individualized issues
predominated and the claims could not be proven efficiently as a class. We conclude
substantial evidence supports the trial court’s findings and it d... More...   $0 (01-24-2018 - CA)

New Haven, CT - Joseph Strauch and others sued Computer Sciences Corp on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory claiming that Computer Sciences willfully and intentionally failed and refused to pay overtime pay. The 1,000 or so plaintiff were granted class action status.

In the midst of the Great Depression, Congress enacted the FLSA to combat the “evils and dangers resulting from ... More...   $0 (12-22-2017 - )

Plaintiffs are students of cosmetology and hair design at
schools in California and Nevada operated by defendant B&H
Education, Inc., under the name of Marinello Schools of
Beauty. Plaintiffs claim that they are employees within the
meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and
under California and Nevada state law, on the ground that
much of their time is spent in ... More...   $0 (12-20-2017 - CA)

Plaintiffs‐appellants brought this
collective and class action lawsuit against Jimmy John’s1 on
behalf of all assistant store managers nationwide for violations
of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Although the
vast majority of plaintiffs work in stores owned by franchisees,
2 they claim that Jimmy John’s is their joint employer.
1 The Jimmy John’s corporate defe... More...   $0 (12-14-2017 - IL)

Derrick Allen appeals the summary judgment dismissal of his retaliation claim based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the denial of his motion for reconsideration of the judgment. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent e... More...   $0 (11-28-2017 - LA)

In this appeal, we consider whether the district court erred in dismissing a complaint filed by three individuals against their former employer, Schmidt Baking Company, Inc., under the Fair Labor Standards Act (the FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. Art. § 3-401 et seq., and the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, Md. Code Ann., Lab. &... More...   $0 (11-25-2017 - MD)

In this appeal, we address an issue of first impression in
our circuit regarding the minimum-wage provision of the
Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Specifically, we
consider whether the relevant unit for determining
minimum-wage compliance is the workweek as a whole or
each individual hour within the workweek. Although the
statutory text and context do not conclusively an... More...   $0 (11-19-2017 - WA)

Defendants hhgregg, Inc. and Gregg
Appliances, Inc. have a uniform compensation policy whereby their retail and sales employees,
who are paid solely on the basis of commission, are advanced a “draw” to meet the minimumwage
requirements whenever their commissions fall below minimum wage. The amount of the
draw is then deducted from future earnings in weeks when the employees’ commis... More...   $0 (10-15-2017 - OH)

Plaintiff Darnice Linton appeals from a judgment in favor of defendant DeSoto
Cab Company. Defendant initiated the trial court proceeding after the Labor
Commissioner found in favor of plaintiff on his claim for unpaid wages. Plaintiff had
alleged defendant violated certain wage and hour laws by requiring him to pay a set fee
(known as a “gate fee”) in exchange for obtaining a taxi... More...   $0 (10-06-2017 - CA)

LaWanda King worked for many
years as an assembler in Ford Motor Company’s vehicle assembly
plants. After transferring to its Chicago plant in 2010,
though, she claims that she was sexually harassed by a super‐
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visor, after which she began getting reassigned to less desirable
tasks,... More...   $0 (10-02-2017 - IL)

This employee-overtime appeal raises questions as to
the nature of the evidence that is sufficient to create a jury
question on the purported “willfulness” of an employer’s nonpayment
of overtime. The question matters because a finding
of willfulness expands the limitations period for claims under
the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), in effect permitting a
plaintiff to re... More...   $0 (09-25-2017 - PA)

Appellants, Melissa Patino-Perez, individually and as representative of the estate of Marcelino Patino, Maria Patino-Perez, and Ector Patino (collectively, “the Patinos”), challenge the trial court’s judgment, rendered after a trial to the court, in their suit for negligence and wrongful-death1 against appellee, Nicholas K. Howland. In four issues, the Patinos contend that the evidence is factuall... More...   $0 (08-22-2017 - TX)

Regency Corporation operated forprofit
cosmetology schools in 20 states. Each Regency Beauty
Institute offered both classroom instruction and practical
instruction in a “Regency Salon,” where members of the
public could receive cosmetology services at low prices.
Venitia Hollins was a Regency student, first at its Merrillville,
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Indiana, location, and... More...   $0 (08-17-2017 - IL)

Plaintiff Bridgette Marlow sued her employer The New Food Guy, Inc., d/b/a
Relish Catering, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA requires
employers to pay a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, see 29 U.S.C. § 206(a)(1)(C), plus
time and a half for overtime, see 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1). Relish paid Ms. Marlow $12 an
hour and $18 an hour for overtime. So what is the problem?... More...   $0 (06-30-2017 - CO)

Before us is an appeal by the defendant
(Waupaca for short) in a class action suit brought
against it in a federal district court in Wisconsin on behalf of
a number of the workers that it employs in six foundries that
manufacture ductile and gray cast iron parts for use in the
automotive and other industries. Four of the six foundries
are located in Wisconsin, and the remai... More...   $0 (06-22-2017 - WI)

Edward Monroe, Fabian Moore, and Timothy Williams brought this Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claim, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, against their employers, FTS USA, LLC and its parent company, UniTek USA, LLC. FTS is a cable-television business for which the plaintiffs work or worked as cable technicians. The district court certified the case as an FLSA collective action,... More...   $0 (06-21-2017 - TN)

Plaintiff Ming-Hsiang Kao was employed by defendant Joy Holiday, a travel tour
company. He brought an action alleging, among other things, breach of contract and
violation of federal and state statutes regulating wages and overtime pay. After a bench
trial, the court ruled against Kao on his breach of contract and statutory claims but
awarded damages for unpaid labor under the equi... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - CA)

Plaintiffs, Tymeco Jones, Iesha Bullock, and Teairra Pizzarro, are certified nursing assistants who bring this action against their employer, SCO Silver Care Operations (“Silver Care”) for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and related New Jersey state wage and hour laws. The plaintiffs claim that Silver Care underpaid them for overtime in two ways. First, Silver Care failed to in... More...   $0 (05-23-2017 - NJ)

Los Angeles, CA - Manager of Clothing Factory Sentenced to Prison after Offering Bribe to Federal Labor Investigator in Exchange for Closing Investigation

The general manager of a La Puente garment factory, who was found guilty of offering to pay bribes to an investigator with the United States Department of Labor in exchange for the investigator closing an investigation into wage violati... More...   $0 (05-18-2017 - LA)