Overtime Claims – Common Class Action Types Here are some common types of overtime claims we handle on a class action basis. Restaurant Industry: Workers such as servers, bussers, and kitchen staff and claims for minimum wage, overtime, and tip-theft.…
Author: Nicholas F. Ortiz
Massachusetts attorney, wage and overtime.
Care Coordinators May be Misclassified and Entitled to Overtime and Backpay
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Managed Care Organizations (MCO’s) often contract with State Health Departments to provide care for dually eligible Medicaid and Medicare patients pursuant to requirements established by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Care coordinators provide case management services…
Mass SJC: Late Wage Payments are Lost Wages Subject to Treble Damages
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If your employer does not pay your earned wages on the date they are due, you are immediately entitled to triple damages on the late amount. If you are terminated, all wages, including vacation pay, are due on the date…
Research Assistants and Overtime Pay
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Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistants (“RAs”) are notoriously underpaid and overworked in research programs all over the country. The budgetary constraints of grant-funded research programs often lead to understaffing, which in turn causes professors and other senior research staff to assign ever-increasing…
Overtime Pay for Nurses, PAs, and NPs
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Now more than ever, nurses and other medical professionals are working long hours. Many of them are entitled to overtime pay. A federal court recently approved a $160 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by nurse practitioners and…
Reading Commission Contracts: Your Unpaid Commissions Can Be Trebled Under the Massachusetts Wage Act
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The Massachusetts Wage Act (“Wage Act” or “Act”) requires all earned wages to be paid within six days of the end of pay period. M.G.L. c. 149, s. 148. The Wage Act applies to commission payments as long as the…
Law School Graduates and Attorneys: You May Be Entitled To Overtime Pay For Document Review Work
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Many recent law school graduates and newly licensed attorneys work on document review projects while searching for stable, long-term employment. Most document review companies hire employees on a project-to-project basis and compensate those employees with an hourly wage. For many…
Wage Claims for Uber and Lyft Drivers
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Recent litigation in Massachusetts has focused on whether rideshare drivers for companies such as Lyft and Uber are misclassified as independent. In the case of Cunningham v. Lyft, Inc., No. 1:19-cv-11974-IT, 2020 WL 2616302 (D. Mass. May 22, 2020) a…
Case Report: Conclusion of Six Flags Unpaid Overtime Class Action
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Our firm is pleased to announce the conclusion of the class action case we brought against Six Flags New England on behalf of thousands of seasonal employees. After extensive litigation, the Suffolk Superior Court recently approved a settlement which resulted…
My employer didn’t pay me, what can I do?
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If your employer has not paid you your paycheck, Massachusetts law guarantees you certain rights. First, your employer must pay you within six days after your pay period ends (seven days if you work a seven-day workweek). If you are…