{"id":525,"date":"2013-12-03T15:06:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T15:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=525"},"modified":"2013-12-03T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T15:06:59","slug":"vane-brothers-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/vane-brothers-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"VANE BROTHERS LAWSUIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Stamped-Complaint-13-Civ-8488_11-27-13.pdf\">Stamped Complaint &#8211; 13 Civ 8488_11-27-13<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">On November 27, 2013, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP filed a class action complaint in U.S. District Court on behalf of all Tankermen that work for Vane Line Bunkering, Inc., d\/b\/a Vane Brothers Company (\u201cVane Brothers\u201d).<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>This lawsuit seeks to recover damages for unpaid overtime pay.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Tankermen at Vane Brothers frequently work in excess of 40 hours per workweek without ever receiving overtime pay.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>In that regard, it\u2019s alleged that Vane Brothers misclassified Tankermen as exempt employees, denying them overtime pay at one and one-half their regular hourly wage rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are seeking to represent all Tankermen that work or have worked for Vane Brothers within the past six years.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Eligible employees should call us, (212) 300-0375, to discuss joining the case, as there is a running statute of limitations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stamped Complaint &#8211; 13 Civ 8488_11-27-13<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nOn November 27, 2013, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP filed a class action complaint in U.S. District Court on behalf of all Tankermen that work for Vane Line Bunkering, Inc., d\/b\/a Vane Brothers Company (\u201cVane Brothers\u201d).\u00a0 This lawsuit seeks to recover damages for unpaid overtime pay.\u00a0 Tankermen at Vane Brothers frequently work in excess of 40 hours per workweek without ever receiving overtime pay.\u00a0 In that regard, it\u2019s alleged that Vane Brothers misclassified Tankermen &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23,1,22,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-action","category-employment-law","category-flsa-2","category-overtime-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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