Sentences with phrase «lawsuits on behalf of employees»

That distinction was lost on the labor lawyers who filed four separate lawsuits on behalf of employees who claimed that they'd been illegally misclassified as freelancers.

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But Monday's lawsuit, filed by former Tesla employee Marcus Vaughn, is the first to bring those claims on behalf of a large class of black workers at the automaker's Fremont, California factory.

Lyft and larger rival Uber face separate lawsuits brought on behalf of drivers who contend they are employees and entitled to reimbursement for expenses including gas and vehicle maintenance.

Attorney Jonathan Delshad filed two class - action lawsuits against Wells Fargo in September on behalf of former employees, including one business banker, who say they were fired for refusing to create fake accounts to hit sales quotas.

Various law firms filed a class action lawsuit last week against Westminster - based brake company Knorr - Bremse AG and its local Pennsylvania rival Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. on behalf of employees affected by their «no poach» agreements.

That step had long been sought by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who filed a lawsuit against the company last month on behalf of its employees.

That step had long been sought by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who filed a lawsuit against the company last month on behalf of its employees.

Lawyers for the state and a coalition of state employee unions have negotiated a settlement of the unions» long - running federal lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of more than 2,500 unionized workers who were laid off in 2003 by then - Gov.

A lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on behalf of the Weinstein Co.'s employees complicated that transaction, and it ultimately fell apart.

The lawsuit, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, challenges the right of states to require public sector employees to pay compulsory dues to unions doing collective bargaining on their behalf.

Last week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, which is located in Louisiana, ruled in favor of a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of about 7000 New Orleans public school employees who were wrongfully terminated when the State of Louisiana took control of 107 New Orleans public schools following Hurricane Katrina.

We recently filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of 1,5000 employees when their employer was targeted in a data breach, and we get results for our clients.

Fresco's highly publicized case motivated a Scotiabank personal banker, Cindy Fulawka, to launch a similar lawsuit in December 2007 on behalf of 10,000 Scotiabank employees.

In May 2015, a lawsuit was initiated against Wells Fargo on behalf of employees in Los Angeles.

The attorneys at the Mavrick Law Firm also have successfully represented businesses and their owners in lawsuits brought by the Department of Labor on behalf of employees of the businesses.

PAGA allows aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California for Labor Code violations.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a class - action lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P., the financial - services and media company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, on behalf of at least 54 women who accuse the firm of discriminating against pregnant employees.

Charney Lawyers has commenced a class action lawsuit on behalf of all dismissed IQT Solutions employees against the officers, directors, shareholders and affiliated companies of IQT, Ltd..

In a separate pending $ 17 million action, the California State Labor Commissioner filed a lawsuit this fall on behalf of other ZipRealty employees who say they also were not compensated fairly.