Case Summaries

Here, you'll find an overview of many significant overtime lawsuits that have been filed across the country. This information is intended to help you understand the various types of employers, industries, issues and jobs that have been the subject of prior claims for unpaid overtime. If you have experienced similar overtime cases or issues with an employer, you too may have been denied the overtime pay you are legally entitled to. It costs nothing to have us review your situation, and you may discover that you are owed a significant amount of back wages, potentially leading to an overtime lawsuit.

Virgin America Case Summary

Case Summary: This class action lawsuit asserts multiple claims that Virgin violated California wage laws by failing to pay its flight attendants for all the time spent before, after and between flights, for writing up incident reports, for time spent in training and for undergoing required drug tests. This class action also claims that Virgin…

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M&T Bank Case Summary

Case Update – Settlement A motion has been filed in the New York court handling this case seeking approval of a $2.49 million settlement on behalf of the IT workers covered by the claims asserted under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and New York Labor Law in this case. Case Summary: A class action…

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Cenergy International Services Sued for Unpaid Back Wages

Cenergy International Case Description This claim to recover unpaid back wages for overtime was filed on behalf of non-salaried oil and gas workers who had been staffed out by Cenergy International to work for Shell Oil. The lead plaintiff worked as an HSE Tech and was classified by the staffing company not as an employee,…

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Lebanon Farms Case Summary

This lawsuit was filed on behalf of drivers and loaders employed by a Pennsylvania trash hauling company in an effort to recover unpaid regular and overtime wages. The claims are brought under both federal wage law [the Fair Labor Standards Act] and Pennsylvania state wage law [the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act]. The workers allege that…

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How an Employee Misclassification Suit Cost One Company $4.6 Million?

Case Summary: Independent Contractor Misclassification Claims Cost Delivery Service $4.6M. In a class action lawsuit filed in California, Instacart delivery workers alleged that they were misclassified as independent contractors. This case continues a trend of significant settlements by companies that have been aggressive in their approach to the wage and labor laws that govern when a…

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Chevron Corporation Case Summary

Case Summary: An overtime pay lawsuit alleging the improper use of a day-rate pay scheme has been filed in California federal court against Chevron Corporation on behalf of a nationwide class of Well Site / Drill Site Managers. While some were classified as employees of Chevron, many of these workers were classified as independent contractors…

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Kestrel Engineering / Kestrel Energy Case Summary

Case Summary: A class and collective action complaint was filed against Kestrel Engineering and Kestrel Energy (as joint employers) by a former Inspector who worked in several states (Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas) and was paid according to a day-rate pay scheme. The case seeks to recover unpaid overtime wages on behalf of all current and former Inspectors…

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FedEx Case Summary

Case Summary: Drivers for FedEx Ground and Home Delivery brought a class action case claiming that they had been improperly classified as independent contractors while employed in California from 2000 to 2007. They asserted that FedEx had the right to control almost all of the details of their work and exercised this right by dictating everything from…

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Flint Energy Services, Inc. Case Summary

Case Summary: Employees of Flint Energy who perform various services at natural gas drill sites assert that they were not paid overtime as legally required and brought claims under both federal wage and hour laws and the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA). The case is on file in the U.S. District Court for the Middle…

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Comfort Keepers Case Summary

Case Summary: This class action lawsuit is brought under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act and seeks to recover unpaid back overtime pay on behalf of all home health aides or caregivers employed by Comfort Keepers in the state of Pennsylvania during the 3 year period prior to filing of the lawsuit. Workers claim that Comfort…

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AIPC Energy, LLC Case Summary

Case Summary This lawsuit was filed against AIPC Energy by mud operations workers that it paid using a “day rate pay plan, with no overtime premium, and that it had classified as independent contractors. Filed as a collective action, this case seeks to recover unpaid back overtime wages for the entire class of Solids Control Consultants,…

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1845 Oil Field Services Case Summary

Case Summary Plaintiffs have sued 1845 Oil Field Services on behalf of all its Sand Coordinators for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New Mexico Minimum Wage Act (“NMMWA”). Defendant 1845 is an oil field services company with offices and operations in Texas whose primary business includes the coordination of drilling sand and other…

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Precision Solids Control, Inc. Case Summary

Case Summary This case claims that Precision Solids Control failed to pay overtime to its Solids Control Technicians and other similar non-exempt employees who were paid on a day-rate basis. These oilfield employees regularly worked 84 hours per week, with rotations of 4 weeks on and 1 week off. Despite working far more than 40 hours per…

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Baker Hughes Case Summary

Case Summary This case claims that thousands of Field Specialists employed by Baker Hughes were deprived of overtime pay while being compensated using a salary and day-rate pay scheme. These employees routinely worked more than 12 hours per day and 80 hours per week performing technical services at oil and gas drill sites across the…

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IEM Case Summary

Case Summary: On June 4, 2014, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all Quality Assurance Control Specialists (“Specialists) who work or have worked for Innovative Emergency Management, Inc. (“IEM”) nationwide as Specialists on the Hurricane Sandy Recovery Project. The class action lawsuit alleges that IEM misclassified Specialists as independent contractors, and failed…

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