Pa. Panel Sets 3-Year Limit On Minimum Wage Claims
A split Pennsylvania appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that workers have three years, not six, to sue for unpaid wages under the state's minimum wage law, siding with a pharmacy accused of shorting 20 employ... (more story)
Stay-Or-Pay Deal Cost Worker Final Check, Suit Says
A health care provider withheld a former employee's final paycheck to recover the cost of a $1,400 training course after firing her for attending college exams, according to a lawsuit filed in Maryland federal court.
Staffing App Will Pay $2.3M, Treat Drivers As Employees
A gig staffing company has agreed to pay $2.3 million and treat all its California workers as employees to end San Francisco's lawsuit in state court claiming it wrongly labeled delivery drivers as independent... (more story)
Recruiter Accused Of Dodging H-2A Ban To Exploit Workers
Three Mexican workers accused a North Carolina labor recruiter of skirting debarment from the H-2A temporary agricultural visa program while exploiting the migrants with exorbitant fees and forcing them to wor... (more story)
3rd Circ. Seems Open To Drexel's Bid For New Pay Bias Trial
The Third Circuit seemed receptive Tuesday to Drexel University's bid for a new trial in a professor's pay discrimination suit, with the judges hinting a trial court may have gone too far by imposing Equal Pay... (more story)
Brokerage Can't Shake Ex-Worker's Pregnancy Bias Suit
An insurance brokerage must face claims that it fired a former employee because of her pregnancy and complaints about discrimination, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, finding that questions remain about w... (more story)
Wayne County, Mich., Workers Allege Overtime Shortfalls
Three former Wayne County, Michigan, employees have accused the county of engaging in "systematic and widespread underpayment" of overtime pay for hundreds of workers by excluding bonuses, shift premiums and o... (more story)