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A federal court has allowed tipped workers at a craft brewery company to move forward collectively in a lawsuit alleging widespread wage and hour violations. The case was brought by a former server who claims the company improperly used the federal tip credit and failed to pay tipped employees all wages required under the law.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers may pay tipped workers a reduced hourly rate only if they comply with ...

Fitapelli & Schaffer has filed a lawsuit against Eventlink alleging widespread overtime and wage violations affecting workers across multiple states, including New York, California, Indiana, and Nevada. The complaint, filed by attorneys Joseph Fitapelli and Armando Ortiz, alleges that Eventlink failed to properly compensate workers for overtime hours despite routinely requiring long shifts and extensive workweeks.

According to the lawsuit, workers were paid a day rate regardless of how many hours they actually worked. The complaint alleges that employees ...

A former hourly worker has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Yelp Inc. in California, alleging that the company failed to pay employees for all hours worked and violated several wage and hour laws. The lawsuit claims that workers were required to log in through their computers to begin their shifts, but were not compensated for the time spent waiting for those systems to boot up, which could take several minutes each day.

According ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...