Unpaid Training in the Airline Industry
Employees must be paid for time spent attending employer trainings. Unfortunately, the airline industry often require their new hires to attend orientation and/or training that is not paid.
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Apex Pizza/ Heritage Partners Group Papa John’s delivery driver will pursue unpaid wages in individual arbitration.
On August 18, 2022, a Papa John’s employee filed suit against Apex Pizza Holdings LLC and the Heritage Partners’ Group, large franchise operators of Papa John’s stores. Apex Pizza Holdings, LLC and the Heritage Partners’ Group operate several Papa John’s in Colorado.
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Delivery Driver sues Pizza Hut Franchisee, Hut American Group LLC, on behalf of delivery drivers
On September 14, 2022, a Pizza Hut employee filed suit against Hut American Group LLC, who operates approximately 64 Pizza Hut Pizza locations across Tennessee. The lawsuit is called Wood v. Hut American Group LLC, et al.
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Hallrich/North Coast Pizza Hut delivery drivers will pursue their unpaid wages in individual arbitration.
In late 2021, a pizza delivery driver who worked at a Pizza Hut store owned and operated by Hallrich Incorporated/North Coast Pizza, Inc. filed a lawsuit claiming the company did not pay its delivery drivers enough to cover the vehicle expenses the drivers incur.
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How to Spot Wage Theft in a Restaurant
Wage theft is sadly common in the restaurant industry and made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic , with workers being pressured into overtime and missing breaks while short-staffed.
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Court orders Team Honey Badger delivery drivers’ claims must be decided in individual arbitration
On September 19, 2022, a U.S. District Court in Minnesota ruled that a pizza delivery driver employed by the 178-store Team Honey Badger Domino’s franchise must assert his unpaid minimum wage claims in individual arbitration.
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Traveling Nurses May Be the Latest Wage & Hour Victims
It’s no surprise that business for contract travel nursing agencies has skyrocketed over the past two years. The gaps in the healthcare industry left by high staff turnover and worker burnout have been filled by short-term employees who travel between states in return for above-average pay.
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Can an Employer Make You Work Overtime Without Notice?
You may be tired of being asked to work beyond your normal shift or being pressured to come in on days you weren’t originally scheduled. Although your employer is within their rights to make you work overtime without prior notice, you should be paid accordingly and receive extra pay if you work more than 40 hours per week. Here’s what to know about overtime laws and mandatory overtime.
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Ways Pizza Delivery Drivers Get Cheated Out of Pay
The issue of wage theft in the United States has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic , and companies of all sizes are being held responsible for underpaying employees. Wage theft can take several forms, and minimum wage workers in the restaurant industry are frequent targets.
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Employee Rights to Breaks
You may wonder if you are entitled to a meal period and rest breaks at your place of work. Unfortunately, federal law does not require employers to give workers breaks, and not all states have enacted break requirements; even the laws of those that do can vary.
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Unpaid Work in the Remote Era
But with the prevalence and freedom working from home can bring, remote workers should be aware of their rights so they receive all the pay and benefits they are entitled to .
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Delivery Drivers at 5 Dayton-area Jet’s Pizza stores to Share $1.5 Million Settlement
Biller & Kimble is proud to announce that a federal court in Dayton has approved a $1.5 million settlement to be shared by the delivery drivers who worked for five Dayton-area Jet’s Pizza stores from November 22, 2016 to August 31, 2020.
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