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Report Link Wage and Hour Class Actions in the Healthcare Industry: Diagnosis and Prevention.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - August 18, 2009 Wage and hour class and collective actions targeting hospitals and other healthcare employers have proliferated in recent months. Plaintiff-side firms have launched national assaults against healthcare employers, including websites with lists of healthcare employers who are being sued or are "under investigation," and mass emails to employees of healthcare employers who are targeted. Attached is a brief excerpt from a Littler Report that canvasses recent developments, explores the nature and risks of class and collective actions, the types of claims being made and suggests practical solutions to defend against and avoid such claims in the future. Report Link Class Claims of Pay Discrimination After Ledbetter.Ogletree Deakins - July 01, 2008 The Supreme Court’s Ledbetter decision invalidates traditional class claims of pay discrimination and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs' (OFCCP) pay discrimination standards. Report Link Immigrant Workers' Fear of Retaliation Cited for Federal Court's Approving State Law Class Action.Jackson Lewis LLP - March 25, 2008 Seeking to protect a group of immigrant workers from retaliation related to participation in a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires that they affirmatively “opt in” to the suit, a United States District Court in New York has certified a class action under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, in which objecting class members have to “opt out” of the suit, to allow the immigrants to pursue state law claims for unpaid overtime under New York’s Labor Law. Report Link Explosion in Class Action and Collective Action Wage and Hour Lawsuits Continues (pdf).Vedder Price - July 19, 2006 The number of class action and collective action
lawsuits fi led under the wage and hour laws continues to
mushroom. These cases now outnumber employment
discrimination class actions—a fact that would have
seemed highly improbable just a few years ago. In
Cook County, Illinois, alone, new wage and hour class
actions are fi led every day. There are several reasons
why wage and hour claims have become so popular. Report Link Class Action Update: $22.4 Million Flsa Settlement For Contract Janitors (pdf).Vedder Price - January 28, 2005 A recent $22.4 million tentative settlement entered into
by three California grocery chains and 2,100 illegal alien
contract janitors is another example of the success
plaintiffs are having with the record number of Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions being filed
against employers. Report Link New York Federal Court Refuses Plaintiffs' Request to Open Overtime Action to Other Employees.Jackson Lewis LLP - October 18, 2002 In a lawsuit alleging violations of the federal and state wage and hour law, a New York federal district court has denied a request by two former service technicians of a major international company to allow them to invite other potential plaintiffs to join the federal action.
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