Sheila Washington has filed a lawsuit against Senior Lifestyle Corporation alleging systematic denial of overtime pay by misclassifying employees as independent contractors.
In a significant wage dispute case filed on January 17th in the Northern District of Illinois, Gus Alastanos accuses his former employer, Linderlake Corporation, of violating labor laws by failing to properly compensate him and others for overtime...
The lawsuit claims ADM allegedly misclassifies the workers as "seamen" who are exempt from federal overtime pay rules, while the majority of their duties allegedly are not as "seamen"
Packaging and protective solutions company Pregis LLC is facing a class action lawsuit combining claims under Illinois' minimum wage law and the state's biometrics privacy law.
The lawsuit brought under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act seeks potentially massive damages on behalf of workers at Neovia's Joliet warehouse
The lawsuit says workers could not clock in until after the screenings, but still could be disciplined if they were late to punch the clock because of the screenings.
The class action against food distributor Sysco is similar to a federal legal action against tech firm Samsara, which allegedly supplies Sysco with its truck dash cameras, which are installed to monitor drivers for fatigue and other distractions and increase roadway safety.
Judge says Treasury Department alone is responsible for enforcing CARES Act agreements, and "third parties," like workers, are not allowed to attempt to enforce the law through lawsuits
A federal judge ruled American Family has no obligation to cover a Kankakee McDonald's franchisee against a class action lawsuit brought under Illinois' strict biometrics privacy law
The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of a collective of people who worked as sales representatives and business development reps for Chicago-based Sprout Social from 2019-2020.
Female employees working at McDonald's corporate-owned stores in Florida have alleged McDonald's tolerated an environment in which women were routinely verbally and physically sexually harassed, allegedly with no recourse.
A federal judge ruled salaried assistant store managers at Jewel-Osco can press forward with a class action claiming the supermarket chain violated their rights to overtime pay under federal and Illinois state wage laws.
