59 results for 'cat:"Employment" AND cat:"Settlements"'.
J. Gilliam grants final approval to a $725,000 class settlement with Hyatt Corp. over claims of unpaid overtime wages from their security guards. The terms appear fair and include $180,000 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Gilliam, Filed On: May 13, 2024, Case #: 4:22cv693, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: employment, settlements, Class Action
J. Thompson approves a consent decree settling an employment lawsuit alleging unlawful sexual harassment and a hostile work environment based on gender by a former employee against Chipotle. The consent decree governs two Chipotle locations and will be in effect for two years, ensuring compliance and enforcement for a discrimination-free workplace. Chipotle shall pay the employee $50,000 and this case is dismissed with prejudice, but the court retains jurisdiction over this matter for enforcement purposes.
Court: USDC Middle District of Alabama, Judge: Thompson, Filed On: May 1, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv326, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Corporations, employment, settlements
J. Slaughter grants an employee's motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement in a wage and hour suit. The adequacy of representation requirement is met, preliminary certification of the proposed settlement is proper, the settlement terms of the PAGA claim are fair, adequate, and reasonable and the proposed settlement meets notice requirements.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Slaughter, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 2:19cv7077, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: employment, settlements, Class Action
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Per curiam, the court vacates this settlement agreement that a jury decided in favor of the former employee for more than $1.5 million after he was wrongfully terminated from the county. The employee argued that, as a serviceman, his Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act claims should be litigated, but that the settlement agreement had been presented as a “take it or leave it.” The case is remanded so a jury can determine whether the settlement agreement outweighs the Act. Vacated.
Court: 6th Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: April 11, 2024, Case #: 22-6054, Categories: employment, Jury, settlements
J. Merle dismisses a complaint against UPS and a Teamsters union chapter alleging unlawful discharge and unfair labor practices. The majority of the UPS worker’s claims were considered on their merits in a prior case regarding his termination in 2011, and are thus barred under res judicata. The court further finds UPS’s decision not to hire him again in 2022 did not violate his collective bargaining agreement or a separate settlement agreement.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Merle, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv6925, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment, settlements, Labor
J. Palafox finds a lower court did not err in denying El Paso County’s plea to the jurisdiction after it was sued by a former employee who said the county breached its settlement agreement following an employment lawsuit by failing to reinstate her “within a reasonable time.” Regardless of whether there are merit to the ex-employee’s claims — “those issues exceed the scope of [this] jurisdictional inquiry” — the county already conceded that it waived immunity in this matter and cannot now reassert it. Affirmed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Palafox, Filed On: March 27, 2024, Case #: 08-23-00173-CV, Categories: employment, settlements, Immunity
J. Aenlle-Rocha grants final approval of the settlement, bringing an end to the employees' class action accusing AT&T of not paying them all wages owed. AT&T agrees to pay a $75,500 net settlement, which is fair and adequate based on the strength of the employees' case and the extent of completed discovery.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Aenlle-Rocha, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 2:18cv8809, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment, settlements, Class Action
J. Cornelius enters a judgment in favor of a former employee in this employment contract dispute claiming conspiracy, spoliation and declaratory judgment. The former employee joined the brokerage firm as a producer generating a large amount of revenue and became a shareholder within the first 18 months before resigning to work at another firm. The employee and the brokerage’s holdings firm won a nominal $1.00 award each, and the court directs the parties to submit briefs regarding any and all questions raised for the breach of the promissory note and request for attorney fees.
Court: USDC Northern District of Alabama , Judge: Cornelius, Filed On: March 15, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv174, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: employment, settlements, Contract
J. Pepper approves the $46,827 collective and class action settlement in the caregiver's lawsuit claiming the nursing home company failed to pay her and other caregivers proper overtime wages. The caregiver's unopposed motions for $40,811 in attorney fees and a $1,500 class representative incentive award are granted, and the caregiver's counsel is ordered to distribute settlement checks to class members within 10 days of receiving them from the company.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Wisconsin, Judge: Pepper, Filed On: February 26, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv108, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: employment, settlements, Class Action
J. Huff grants final approval to a $1.62 million settlement that will end class action claims accusing Verizon of failing to properly compensate its employees for overtime. The average recovery for each class member will be $1,714, with the highest payout being $4,481. The settlement agreement also provides for $25,000 in civil PAGA penalties. Class counsel is granted $541,000 in fees.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Huff, Filed On: February 13, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv1257, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: employment, settlements, Class Action
J. Evanson finds in favor of the employer for its lawsuit seeking to enforce a Subrogation and Right of Recovery provision of its health benefits plan in order to recover a portion of the former employee's settlement funds equal to the medical benefits the employer paid out after the employee was injured in a car accident. The employer is entitled to a $73,300 judgment and attorney fees, because while the employee argues that it would be unfair to let the employer make itself whole through reimbursement because she was not made whole in her settlement of the New York action, its Health and Welfare Plan explicitly states that the employer's right to reimbursement trumps her right to be made whole.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Evanson, Filed On: January 18, 2024, Case #: 2:20cv1551, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: employment, Erisa, settlements
J. Tymkovich finds that the lower court properly denied an injunction from a class of employees looking to stop Vail Resorts from carrying on with a nationwide settlement it reached with some of the employees over wage claims. Their motion to stop the settlement was barred by the Anti-Injunction Act, as they did not show how any of the Act's exceptions, such as the necessary-in-aid-of-jurisdiction exception, applied to their request. Affirmed.
Court: 10th Circuit, Judge: Tymkovich, Filed On: December 27, 2023, Case #: 22-1226, Categories: employment, settlements, Injunction
J. Nardacci preserves on a motion to dismiss a labor law and employment contract complaint brought by a group of nurse practitioners against a Hudson Valley-based health care provider and two osteopathic medicine physicians alleging unpaid overtime compensation and unused vacation time. The health care provider argued the nurses’ approval of its offer of judgment absolved all defendants of liability on their first claims. However, the court finds the offer resolved claims only brought against the health provider itself, not the individual physicians, and further finds the provider is a joint employer and is thus jointly and severally liable for state and federal labor violations.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Nardacci, Filed On: December 15, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv220, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: employment, Health Care, settlements
Per curiam, the circuit finds the district court properly dismissed the retaliation and hostile work environment claims filed by the former employee. The parties had previously entered into a binding settlement agreement via email, under which the employee agreed to dismiss all claims in all cases in exchange for the employer’s agreement to forego attorneys’ fees in all actions.
Court: 5th Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: December 8, 2023, Case #: 21-20628, Categories: settlements, Attorney Fees, employment Retaliation
J. Olguin grants final approval of a $190,000 settlement in the hourly non-exempt driver's class action alleging that the distribution company did not pay him and other drivers their owed minimum wage, authorize pay for their meal and rest periods, or timely pay all earned wages. The settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Olguin, Filed On: November 22, 2023, Case #: 2:20cv11169, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment, settlements, Class Action