Plaintiffs’ wage-and-hour class action lawyers are constantly looking for new groups of employees whom they can claim are inappropriately classified as exempt. In previous decades, plaintiffs’ lawyers focused on mortgage...more
Wage-and-hour class litigation tends to come in waves. In 2019, we are seeing another wave gather on the horizon: misclassification collective actions alleging that companies have improperly classified at-the-elbow (“ATE”)...more
5/21/2019
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Defense Strategies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Indemnification ,
Independent Contractors ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Misclassification ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Wage and Hour
A little over a year ago, three major employers—T-Mobile, Amazon, and Cox Communications—were sued for allegedly discriminating on the basis of age in the way they recruited new employees via Facebook. The plaintiffs’ lawyers...more
1/21/2019
/ Age Discrimination ,
Amazon ,
Class Action ,
Communication Workers of America ,
Cox Communications ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Facebook ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Ads ,
Online Advertisements ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Social Networks ,
T-Mobile