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More and more often employers are including arbitration agreements as part of each employee’s on-boarding paperwork. You may not think much about signing this type of agreement or even understand what this agreement means. However, these agreements could affect your ability to pursue any potential legal claims you have against the Company/your employer in the future.
Read →On January 11, 2024, a Pizza Hut delivery driver in Youngstown, Ohio filed a class action suit against Bluegrass Pizza and, the former owners of the Bluegrass stores, Hallrich, Inc.
Read →On January 22, 2024, the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted preliminary approval of a class action settlement involving 87 Toppers Pizza delivery drivers who worked at 4 Toppers stores in the Milwaukee and Waukesha areas from 2018 to 2021. The class members will share $99,194.42. The Toppers stores in question were owned by FSM ZA, LLC, Perfect Timing, LLC, and Garrett Burns.
Read →On September 28, 2023, a Papa John’s employee filed suit against the Heritage Partners’ Group, a large franchise operator of Papa John’s stores. The lawsuit is called Mighell v. HPG Pizza, et al.
Read →On January 5, 2024, a pizza delivery driver at a Domino’s in Roanoke, Virginia filed a class action lawsuit against her employer New River Valley Pizza, LLC, this lawsuit is named Paris v. New River Valley Pizza, LLC.
Read →In April of 2021, a pizza delivery driver at a Colorado Domino’s franchise filed a class action lawsuit against the company and its owners seeking to recover unreimbursed vehicle expenses. This lawsuit is referred to as Nagel v. DFL Pizza, LLC and is in the federal district court in Colorado .
Read →Traditionally, hourly employees who clock-in and clock- out at the beginning and end of their shift would also clock-out and for a meal-break. However, employers are now more frequently using an “automatic meal deduction.” This eliminates the need for an employee to clock-out for a meal break and instead, the employer automatically deducts its employees’ meal breaks from their time entries.
Read →Since the supply shortage triggered during the 2020 pandemic, vehicle prices reached record heights and while they’ve decreased a bit, the cost of a vehicle is still prohibitively expensive to many Americans, especially when coupled with the now much-higher loan rates (7-11%). [1]
Read →Encouraging open conversations about salaries contributes to a more transparent and equitable work environment. Employees sharing information about their compensation can help identify wage disparities and potential issues, leading to a fairer distribution of resources within the workplace.
Read →Leaving a job can be overwhelming. Especially if you’re still owed a paycheck. An already stressful situation is made worse when bills are due and your former employer is refusing to pay the wages you rightfully earned. Whether you voluntarily quit a job or are terminated against your will, your employer is still obligated to pay any and all outstanding wages for the work you performed prior to leaving the company. Employers are generally not allowed to withhold your last paycheck or place additional conditions on receiving your last paycheck.
Read →Work shifts don’t always run according to schedule.
Read →New York City has become the first major U.S. city to establish a minimum pay-rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers. The new law goes into effect July 12, 2023.
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