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.…
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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…
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…
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…
Governor Baker Attempts to Take Away Earned Overtime
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UPDATED November 7, 2019: Due to an impressive level of pushback from Massachusetts workers, the provisions in the Baker budget that would have deprived commission-only workers of their earned overtime were removed during deliberations in the Massachusetts legislature. Two key takeaways…
Case Report: Massachusetts Superior Court Certifies Car Sales Employee Class Action
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On July 23, 2019, the Massachusetts Superior Court for Plymouth County certified a class of sales employees in Speakman v. Sullivan Bros. Nissan, Inc., et al., Case No. 16-00165, an unpaid wage class action. Our law firm was appointed as…
Six Flags Overtime Decision
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On June 20, 2019, the Massachusetts Superior Court for Suffolk County issued a major decision regarding the rights of amusement park workers to overtime pay. We represent a class of approximately 10,000 seasonal Six Flags New England workers in a…