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Underpaid Workers Are Filing Lawsuits in Increasing Numbers
In recent years, low-paid workers around the country have filed a growing number of lawsuits seeking back wages from bosses they say failed to pay the minimum wage or overtime. The complaints cover a wide range of industries, but most share a common trait: They involve immigrants who have become bolder about going to court to demand their proper pay, regardless of their legal status. And the increase might not be due to more violations, but to more attorneys specializing in wage and overtime disputes.Dismissed Partner Sues Holland & Knight for Fraud, Age Bias
Ex-partner John K. Weir is suing the 1,300-lawyer firm Holland & Knight in Manhattan federal court, claiming he was fired because of his age and because he raised questions about the "disappearance" of $5 million the firm was awarded in 1999 for a class action representation. Among the 11 counts in Weir's suit: breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, civil claims under RICO based on the alleged $5 million misappropriation -- and age discrimination.Businesses Should Use Caution With Unpaid Internships
School's out for summer, and there's a rush of young students and recent graduates looking for internships. But businesses that don't compensate interns for the work they perform can end up paying a big price down the road.Ruling Strengthens Position Of Workers in Overtime Suits
Employee-rights attorneys have found some new ammunition in pursuing overtime lawsuits: a recent Second Circuit ruling that says employers must pay for overtime even if they did not approve it. Last month, the court held that a nursing staffing agency had sufficient knowledge that its nurses were working occasional unauthorized overtime shifts to give rise to a duty to prevent overtime if it wished to do so.Age Bias Suits on the Rise With Older Employees Working Longer
Baby boomers not shy about asserting their rights have triggered a new wave of age bias lawsuits, creating a host of legal challenges for employers that may not even be aware that discrimination is going on in the workplace.Who Should Pay for Arbitration?
Federal courts are beginning to scrutinize the costs imposed on employees when they are forced to arbitrate employment disputes. Concerned that steep filing fees and arbitrator compensation may prevent employees from vindicating their rights, the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, for one, has required employers who compel arbitration as a condition of employment to pay the full cost of the arbitrator fees.Goldman's lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Hastings hoped the Supreme Court's April ruling on the enforceability of mandatory arbitration agreements in Concepcion v. AT&T Mobility would help them knock out claims by a named plaintiff in a high-stakes discrimination case. They were wrong.
Ex-Cop Settles Discrimination Complaint Against Town
A former Wallingford police officer has settled a discrimination claim against the town's police department, which refused to give her a light duty assignment after she became pregnant last year.Trending Stories
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