11 results for 'cat:"Employment" AND cat:"Attorney Fees" AND cat:"Labor"'.
J. North grants a request by two employees who prevailed in an overtime-pay suit against their employer at a residential heating, air conditioning, and ventilation installer, awarding them $23,000 in attorney fees and costs. The requested $37,000 in fees and costs is reduced, in part, by a reduction in hourly rates.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: North, Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv3953, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Merkl awards a restaurant employee $169,773 in attorney fees and $8,062 in costs after he prevailed at trial on his claims for unpaid overtime wages, spread of hours and failure to provide a time-of-hire notice. He won $618,888 in damages. The court finds both his counsels’ hourly rates and billed hours to be excessive compared to similar cases filed in the district and applies a 25% reduction to their requested amount.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Merkl, Filed On: December 15, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv1319, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Sannes enters default judgment, in part, against a roofing contractor and finds it liable for a roofer’s unpaid overtime wages. The court awards the roofer $9,800 in both compensatory and liquidated damages, plus $2,306 in attorney fees. However, his claim for failure to issue wage notices and statements was dismissed due to lack of standing.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Sannes, Filed On: November 6, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv504, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Brodie enters default judgment against an employer on a receptionists’ unpaid minimum and overtime wages, wage statement and wage notice claims, finding she sufficiently alleged she was paid only $1,000 in cash each month regardless of how many hours she worked. The court finds she is entitled to $10,198 in unpaid wages plus prejudgment interest, $5,000 in statutory damages and $7,780 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Brodie, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv643, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: employment, attorney Fees, labor
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Per curiam, the Fifth Circuit finds the district court properly awarded attorney fees and court costs to the employee/servers who prevailed on most of their claims against the restaurant which deducted 3.25% from credit-card tips which were paid daily in cash to offset processing and cash delivery fees. The employees have not clearly pointed to an error in the court's determining their attorneys' reasonable hours. The court factored in appropriate considerations and acted within its purview in calculating the lodestar. Affirmed.
Court: 5th Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: August 25, 2023, Case #: 22-50765, Categories: employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Chuang grants in part a restaurant staff member her motion for attorney fees and costs following an FLSA settlement with her employer. There was a discrepancy in her calculations, so she will not be awarded the amount she requested but is still entitled to over $80,000.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Chuang, Filed On: August 22, 2023, Case #: 8:21cv2521, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: employment, attorney Fees, labor
J. Quereshi grants a pair of former administrative assistants and a construction firm their joint motion for approval of a settlement in this Fair Labor Standards Act suit. The case originally also included claims of gender discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation. The parties have settled on $115,000 split between the assistants to account for lost overtime wages, damages and attorney costs and fees.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: August 4, 2023, Case #: 8:20cv1846, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, employment Retaliation, labor
J. Boasberg awards $313,000 in attorney fees to an individual following his partially successful race discrimination claim against a federal employee union. The individual is not entitled to his request for $1.4 million in fees, as three of four of his claims were dismissed and he only won $100,000 in damages.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Boasberg, Filed On: June 16, 2023, Case #: 1:17cv2094, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, attorney Fees, labor / Unions
J. Graham finds in favor of the truck driver and labor commission in a lawsuit from a concrete company challenging the commission's findings for the truck driver in proceedings he began after the company refused to accommodate his severe back pain by assigning him to a different kind of truck, then constructively fired him when he would not work until he was accommodated. Based on the facts in the record, including from the commission's proceedings, the company discriminated against the driver over his disability in violation of the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act by immediately and steadfastly shutting down his reasonable accommodation request despite it being on notice that he had a disabling condition preventing him from safely doing his job. The circuit court's ruling affirming the commission's decision in part ordering the driver reinstated and awarding him back pay is upheld, and the matter is remanded for the circuit court to award him attorney fees. Affirmed.
Court: Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Judge: Graham, Filed On: June 8, 2023, Case #: 2021AP002028, Categories: employment, attorney Fees, labor