07/25/2012
Five Rockingham firefighters are suing the city, claiming it violated the FLSA when it instituted a new system for calculating overtime in 2010. The change occurred following a lawsuit filed by 10 firefighters in 2009. The city claims the current system is the one firefighters sought in their 2009 suit.
07/18/2012
When the U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint on behalf of misclassified workers at Skokie Maid and Cleaning Services, the company failed to file a response of any kind. Now it’s on the hook for more than a half-million dollars following a default judgment for the workers.