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Wal-Mart Must Pay For Delayed Overtime Pay, 9th Circ. Says
The Ninth Circuit decision on the hearing held July 8, 2016, clearly states overtime pay is a form of wages and that Nevada law waiting time penalties can be accessed on a failure to pay overtime. This is a significant victory for employees who are forced to take their employers to court when the employer fails… Read more »
Overtime Compensation Are Wages Argues Thierman Buck
On July 8, 2016, Joshua D. Buck of Thierman Buck urged the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse a Nevada District Court Judge’s decision that held overtime compensation is not “wages” under Nevada law. A former Wal-Mart employee on Friday urged the Ninth Circuit to revive her putative class action alleging the… Read more »
Don’t Throw Away the Key to the Courthouse
Our founding partner, Mark R. Thierman recently wrote an op-ed that has been published in the leading online legal news service, Law360.com. Mr. Thierman’s article, “Don’t Throw Away the Keys to the Courthouse” discusses why contingency fees provide greater access to highly skilled legal counsel for the average person. Here is the article in its… Read more »
Overtime Rule Extends Protections to 4 million+ Workers Says U.S. Dept of Labor
On Tuesday, May 18, 2016 the U.S. Department of Labor issued its Final Overtime Rule, which focuses primarily on updating the salary and compensation levels required for employees who are overtime exempt because they fall into the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) “white collar” exemptions. Previously, employees had to meet job duties tests and… Read more »
Judge Grants Preliminary Approval of $4.5M Wage Deal Against Labor Ready
U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson preliminarily approved a wage deal to settle wage claims against Labor Ready Southwest Inc. The case was originally filed seven years ago and alleged violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and California Labor laws for shorting day laborers for time spent waiting for assignments and travel time… Read more »
Las Vegas Limo Driver Files Suit for Failure to Pay Overtime
The Las Vegas Review-Journal recently ran a story on what appears to be an industry-wide practice among limo companies that are failing to pay overtime wages to Las Vegas chauffeurs/limousine drivers who work more than 40 hours per week. From the article: “Defendant simply did not pay plaintiff or any other limousine driver overtime pay… Read more »
9th Circuit Says Labor Dept. Can Expand Tip Pooling Rule
On Tuesday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that “the Department of Labor was within its rights to clarify and expand” a 2011 tip pooling rule that bars employers who do not take a tip credit from sharing tips with workers who are not “customarily and regularly” tipped. Read the Full Case File From Law360: In a… Read more »
Proposed Class Action Against Fresh & Easy For Denying Workers’ PTO
From Law360: Fresh & Easy LLC was hit with a proposed class action Wednesday in Delaware federal court accusing the bankrupt grocery chain of failing to reimburse employees for unused vacation days when they leave the company. A former hourly employee at a Las Vegas store location, said in an adversary complaint that the company… Read more »
Nevada Farm Workers to Receive $2.8M in Peri & Sons Case
In a victory for Nevada onion farm workers, a federal judge ruled in December 2015 that the settlement of $2.8 million achieved by Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym Ltd. and Thierman Buck LLP was a fair payment for the workers’ lawsuit, filed in February 2011. The original suit claimed Peri & Sons did not always… Read more »
Judge Considers Class Action Status for Reno Housing Authority Case
A December 14th, 2015 story on SF Chronicle sheds light on the litigation process and the potential for the Reno Housing Authority case (Reno Housing Authority adv. Roces) to move to class action status. Judge Robert C. Jones noted that the case was both “interesting” and an “uphill battle for plaintiffs.” The Thierman Buck team believes that… Read more »
