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Conditional Certification in Second OT Collective Action Granted Against GEICO
A recent ruling in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland reaffirms a defining characteristic of the collective action. Potential claimants’ legal rights are preserved unless and until they affirmatively agree to “opt in” to the litigation. … Continue reading
Tags: class action, collective action, employee misclassification, employee rights attorney, employee rights lawyer, employee rights workplace, employment, employment and labor law, employment class action, employment collective action, employment lawsuits, labor law, misclassification of employees, opt-in, opt-out, overtime pay, unfair employment practices, unpaid overtime
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One-Third Reduction of Pay May Be Constructive Discharge
Recently, in Berkely S. Scott v. Harris Interactive, Inc., No. 12-1414-cv, the Second Circuit reversed a district court finding that the reduction of an employee’s salary by one third could not as a matter of law constitute constructive discharge or … Continue reading
Tags: Constructive Discharge, Constructive Dismissal, employment, employment agreement, employment contract, employment law, New York Labor Law, Severance, Severance Benefits
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New York Supreme Denies Bid to Compel Arbitration
In Menga v. Clark Dodge & Company, Inc., et al., Index No. 650081/2011, the Supreme Court of the State of New York recently denied a bid to compel arbitration of two stockbrokers’ putative class claims alleging failure to pay overtime … Continue reading
Tags: arbitration, Arbitration Clause, arbitration provision, class action arbitration, class arbitration, employment, employment agreement, employment class action, federal arbitration act, finra, impermissible wage deductions, mandatory arbitration agreement, mandatory employment arbitration agreement, overtime, overtime compensation, overtime pay, pay deductions, unpaid overtime, wage and hour
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