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Federal Court Preliminary Approves Class Action Settlement in Tip Pool Lawsuit Brought by Schwazze Budtenders in New Mexico and Colorado
On April 1, 2024, a federal district court in New Mexico preliminary approved a class action settlement on behalf of approximately 250 budtenders employed by Medicine Man Technologies Inc. (doing business as Schwazze) in New Mexico and Colorado. The settlement provides the budtenders in the Settlement Class with a total of $525,000 to resolve their claims that the cannabis company unlawfully required them to share tips with supervisory employees called Shift Leads in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New Mexico law.
04/05/2024
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Attorneys Megan Mechak and Gregory K. McGillivary featured in Bloomberg’s BNA
Megan Mechak was featured in Bloomberg BNA’s Daily Labor Report published on May 11, 2016. In the article, she explained the limited applicability of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Tyson v. Bouaphakeo to similar lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the employees in the recent decision.
June 21, 2016
Are you a salaried employee? You might be missing out on overtime pay!
Most salaried employees are required to be paid overtime. But many people think that if they receive a salary, then they are ineligible for overtime pay. WRONG! It’s possible that you may not be getting paid for all the work that you are doing.
April 26, 2016
McGillivary featured in Bloomberg BNA
On December 9, 2015, Gregory K. McGillivary was featureed in the Daily Labor Report (Bloomberg BNA). To read more about his accomplishments in field of Labor & Employment Law, please click here:Gregory McGillivary Article in Bloomberg BNA.
April 26, 2016
Attorney Sara L. Faulman has article published in Law360
At the end of last year, the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, became the 22nd city in the country to pass a paid sick leave law.
April 26, 2016
Calling All Interns: Beware Of What You’re Signing Up For
If you are interning for a company and receiving no money and no educational credit, and you are thinking that you are overworked, underpaid and unappreciated, than legally, you are correct. We are seeing a trend among companies being sued for taking advantage of interns.
July 08, 2014
Money Down the Drain for Employees’ Whose Expenses were Improperly Deducted
If only they’d followed the rules the first time around, Roto-Rooters wouldn’t be liable for double-damages under federal and state laws.
June 16, 2014
National Labor Relations Board Franchisees
The National Labor Relations Board held in a 3-2 decision that Browning-Ferris Industries, a waste management company, is a joint employer with Leadpoint Business Services, a staffing company that supplied Browning-Ferris with workers.
May 09, 2014
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