NEWS & EVENTS

Employees of Zara, represented by Brian Schaffer and Hunter Benharris of Fitapelli & Schaffer, reach $1.25M settlement in workers’ overtime lawsuit.

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Plaintiffs alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that Medrite LLC violated both the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law by compensating them bi-weekly instead of weekly and failing to pay them for their final weeks of work.

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In a remarkable turn of events, a surge in delayed compensation claims among New York’s manual labor force has unfolded after a century of legislation.

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A New York Federal Judge refuses to dismiss a lawsuit that claims Banana Republic provides biweekly paychecks to manual laborers, despite state law mandating weekly pay. The judge agrees with a magistrate judge’s assessment that the allegations are sufficiently substantial to proceed in court.

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This recent ruling may empower workers to pursue cases of overdue payments in New York.

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Mortgage Consultants at Wells Fargo are close to receiving their owed wages for unpaid overtime in a $16.6M settlement.

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A Magistrate Judge has just sided with Old Navy workers in NY allowing their case to move forward alleging they should have been paid weekly instead of biweekly for their work.

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Our case for untimely wages against Zara retailer continues to successfully move forward.

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Tipped workers for the Bao and Uluh Restaurants in Manhattan have been granted conditional collective certification for unpaid wages. This will allow plaintiffs to notify all affected tipped workers of their claims to recover minimum wages, overtime compensation, unlawful deductions, tip misappropriation, spread of hours pay, and other damages.

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Our very own, Steven Sack, receives his first rave review on his most recent book, FIRED! Protect Your Rights & FIGHT BACK If You’re Terminated, Laid Off, Downsized, Restructured, Forced to Resign or Quit.

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