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Jimmy John's to pay $1.84M to end long court fight over OT for asst managers; Lawyers claim $1.1M
The Illinois-based sub sandwich chain has been in court since 2014 on claims it misclassified assistant store managers as "management," exempt from overtime requirements in federal labor law. -
Appeals panel: Paid military leave mandated by federal law, same as sick time or jury duty
Ruling allows a pilot to continue his class action accusing United Airlines of shorting employees' pay and profit-sharing participation by not paying reservists for military leave. -
Class action: United Airlines shorting employees pay when on short-term military service
United Airlines is facing a federal class action from airline workers who say the company isn’t fully paying them for their time away on active military duty. -
Judge: Jimmy John's can't be considered 'joint employer' of asst managers working at franchise shops
A federal judge in Chicago has ordered up a win for Jimmy John’s, saying the sandwich shop chain cannot be considered the joint employer of a group of assistant managers suing in search of overtime pay. -
Appeals court: Jimmy John's asst mgrs lawsuit vs corporate parent doesn't bar lawsuits vs franchisees
A federal appeals court in Chicago has ruled a group of assistant managers suing Jimmy John’s over their treatment can proceed with lawsuits against both the parent company and its franchisees, even though a federal district judge had said they had to wait to sue the franchisees until they progressed further in their class action against the sub sandwich chain. -
Jimmy John's, asst mgr class action plaintiffs square off over whether sandwich chain is 'joint employer'
Facing a growing number of lawsuits over its alleged treatment of assistant store managers, sub sandwich restaurant chain Jimmy John’s has asked a Chicago federal judge to determine exactly how much responsibility it should bear for how its franchisees classify, pay and manage those assistant managers. -
Lids store managers say parent companies owe them for unpaid overtime: Class action
A group of Lids store managers have filed a federal class action complaint against the hat retailer’s parent companies, alleging they were not properly compensated for overtime work. -
PNC settles asst. bank managers' unpaid OT claims class action for $6M; $2M to plaintiffs' attorneys
A little over a year since a group of several hundred assistant bank branch managers sued PNC Bank for allegedly denying them overtime pay, a federal judge in Chicago has signed off on a deal to end the litigation for $6 million, which would send around $2,000 on average to each of the allegedly wronged assistant managers and $2 million to the attorneys who brought the case. -
Jimmy John's assistant manager overtime lawsuits moved to Chicago federal court
Jimmy John’s, a popular Illinois-based chain of sandwich shops, now faces multiple class action lawsuits over its treatment of assistant managers at its hundreds of restaurants across the country. And each of those class actions will be litigated in Chicago’s federal court.