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Fitapelli & Schaffer LLP has filed a new lawsuit against Total Directional Services LLC, alleging that the company failed to properly pay overtime wages to oilfield workers across the United States.

The case, filed in federal court in Colorado, claims that Total Directional misclassified workers such as MWD Engineers, directional drillers, and other oilfield personnel as independent contractors and paid them a flat day rate, regardless of how many hours they worked.

According to the complaint, these workers ...

Workers at both Dunkin’ Donuts and Taco Bell locations in New York City may be entitled to compensation following a major settlement involving alleged violations of the city’s Fair Workweek Law. A large franchise operator that owns and operates multiple fast-food locations across Manhattan and Queens has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million after a city investigation found widespread scheduling abuses affecting hundreds of employees.

A New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) ...

We are pleased to provide an important update in our case against Luck Grove Construction Inc. and Luck Grove Telecom Inc.

On March 18, 2026, a federal judge denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss, allowing the case to move forward on behalf of our client and other similarly situated workers.

The lawsuit alleges violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law, including failure to pay proper overtime wages and unlawful deductions from workers’ ...

Tyson Foods Inc. must continue defending against the majority of a proposed class action lawsuit alleging wage and hour violations at one of its processing plants. A federal court recently ruled that a worker plausibly alleged that interrupted meal breaks and automatic time deductions resulted in unpaid wages, allowing several key claims to move forward.

According to the lawsuit, workers were expected to take 30-minute meal breaks, but those breaks were frequently interrupted by supervisors for work-related ...

Fitapelli & Schaffer has filed a lawsuit against KNOWiNK LLC alleging that the company misclassified Technical Service & Support Specialists as exempt salaried employees and failed to pay them overtime wages. KNOWiNK provides electronic poll book technology and election support services to jurisdictions nationwide, including in New York. According to the complaint, Support Specialists performed primarily non-managerial, technical support and training duties while working extensive hours during election cycles and preparation periods.

The lawsuit alleges that these ...

GEICO has agreed to pay $900,000 to resolve multiple lawsuits alleging that the company failed to properly pay call center employees for all hours worked. A federal judge in Georgia recently gave final approval to the settlement, bringing an end to claims that workers were required to perform unpaid work before and after their scheduled shifts.

The lawsuits alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, or “FLSA”, which requires employers to pay overtime when employees work ...

A proposed collective action lawsuit has been filed in federal court against Performance Food Group Inc., alleging that the company improperly classified warehouse supervisors as overtime-exempt salaried employees, even though their job duties did not meet the legal requirements for exemption under federal wage law.

According to the lawsuit filed by Fitapelli & Schaffer LLP and Wage and Hour Firm, supervisors regularly worked long hours, often around 60 hours per week, but were not paid overtime ...

New York State’s minimum wage will rise again on January 1, 2026, as part of the state’s multi-year plan to gradually increase wages for low-income workers. Under the updated rates, workers in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County must be paid at least 17 dollars per hour. Workers in the rest of New York State must be paid at least 16 dollars per hour. These increases reflect another 50 cent raise from the 2025 rates and continue a ...

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 ...