PITTSBURGH – A food service company has removed to federal court and flatly denied class action claims that waiters in its employ were shortchanged out of mandated wages, in violation of both state and federal laws.
PITTSBURGH – An Allentown man who worked as a waiter for more than six years has filed a class action lawsuit, claiming that tipped, non-exempt servers like himself were shortchanged out of mandated wages, in violation of both state and federal laws.
Wage theft is defined as anytime a worker doesn't receive wages to which he or she is legally entitled for their labor. In general, it applies to 'hourly workers' and not salaried positions.
Blind man files discrimination suit against Lee County after not being hired Bill Smith, Fort Myers News-Press
A legally blind man has filed suit against Lee County claiming that he was discriminated against because of his disability when he was not hired for a position at the Pine Island branch library.
Michael Phelps filed suit Feb. 15 in U.S. District Court, claiming violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Florida Civil Rights Act. The action claims that he has applied several times with the county but has not been hired.
Phelps previously worked in a public library in West Virginia for six years, according to the lawsuit. The suit said he submitted several job applications for a job as a library associate at the Pine Island branch of the county library system.