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New York City has reached a $38.9 million settlement with Starbucks after investigators found the company committed violations of the city’s Fair Workweek Law. This is the largest worker-protection settlement in NYC history and will provide payments to more than 15,000 hourly employees from 300 Starbucks’ locations.

City officials found that Starbucks routinely failed to give workers predictable schedules, cut hours without proper justification, and made last-minute scheduling changes, all which is illegal under the Fair Workweek ...

A federal judge in Idaho has granted preliminary approval to a $2.1 million settlement resolving wage claims against a group of Papa John’s franchise operators. The agreement will benefit nearly 3,000 current and former pizza delivery drivers who alleged that the company’s pay policies led to violations of both federal and state labor laws.

The lawsuit, first filed in 2017, claimed that the franchisee deducted unreimbursed expenses from drivers’ pay, such as costs for mileage, gas, and vehicle maintenance. This ...

On October 24, 2025, a former rig supervisor filed a class and collective action lawsuit against Apex Well Servicing USA Inc. in federal court. The lawsuit alleges that the company failed to properly pay overtime wages to hundreds of Oilfield Workers, including Rig Supervisors, Rig Operators, and similar hourly positions across the United States. Apex Well, headquartered in Williston, North Dakota, is a Canadian-based oil and gas service company that provides rig, pressure, and maintenance services to oil well owners ...

A reality TV lawsuit was recently filed in California Superior Court against Netflix, Kinetic Content, and Delirium TV (“Defendants”), the producers of the hit reality series Love Is Blind. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of all reality show contestants who participated in the show within the past four years, as well as others involved in similar reality television productions.

The complaint alleges that Defendants failed to pay contestants legally required wages and subjected them to “inhumane ...

A former Journeys employee in Queens has filed a lawsuit against Genesco Inc., the company behind the popular shoe chain. The Store Manager claimed she was wrongfully fired just days before giving birth and only one day before she was set to begin her maternity leave.

The complaint, filed by Attorney Armando Ortiz in the Eastern District of New York, alleges that the company discriminated against the plaintiff based on her pregnancy, failed to provide reasonable accommodations, retaliated against her for ...

On June 13, 2025, a former employee filed a collective action lawsuit against Kingsley Directional, LLC and its owner Dusty Sewell. The lawsuit claims that Kingsley misclassified its Measurement While Drilling (MWD) Field Engineers as independent contractors and failed to pay them required overtime wages. Kingsley Directional, based in Conroe, Texas, provides directional drilling and MWD services at oil and gas sites across the U.S.

The lawsuit alleges that MWD Engineers regularly worked 12-hour shifts for 14 days at a time—often ...

On June 13, 2025, a former KFC employee filed a class action lawsuit against Value FoodService LLC and its subsidiaries—QSR NYC LLC, QSR NY LLC, and QSR East LLC—as well as CEO Jonathan Blob. These companies operate at least 20 KFC locations in New York City and are accused of violating the New York City Fair Workweek Law, the New York Labor Law (NYLL), and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

The lawsuit alleges that these KFC operators failed to provide ...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous decision reinforcing that all workers—regardless of their race, sexual orientation, or membership in a majority or minority group—are entitled to the same legal standard when pursuing employment discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

The Court struck down a prior ruling from the Sixth Circuit that required majority-group plaintiffs to provide additional “background circumstances” evidence to support their claims. According to the justices, this extra evidentiary hurdle improperly imposed ...

A Washington-based steel manufacturer has agreed to pay $6.15 million to resolve claims that it failed to fully compensate its hourly employees for all hours worked.

A federal judge recently approved the settlement, which ends a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of nearly 200 current and former hourly steel workers at the company’s Kalama, Washington facility. The lawsuit alleged that employees were paid only for their scheduled shifts, rather than the actual time they spent performing ...

In a significant decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled that commissions qualify as wages under state law. This ruling is a major victory for employees who rely on commissions as part of their earnings, including a former sales manager who claimed she was owed $1.3 million in unpaid commissions after selling over $32 million in personal protective equipment (PPE) during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The case involves a former senior enterprise sales manager ...