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What's Cooking at Bimbo Bakeries: Wage and Hour Violations?
What's Cooking at Bimbo Bakeries: Wage and Hour Violations?

On November 28, 2011, an Illinois federal judge denied Bimbo Foods Bakeries Distribution Inc.'s ("BF") attempt to dismiss or transfer a putative class action suit claiming that BF wrongly denied overtime pay and other compensation to its employees by misclassifying them as ...

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Blog Posts in 2011

  • Steak 'n Shake Now Serving Wage and Hour Violations

    In late November 2011, two Steak 'n Shake employees filed suit in a Georgia federal court against the Stake 'n Shake restaurant chain. Stake 'n Shake ...

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  • Riggan Law Firm Sues Panera for Racial Harassment

    Riggan Law Firm, LLC , a Missouri employment law firm, working in connection with Weinhaus & Potashnick , has filed a racial harassment lawsuit ...

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  • GEICO Overtime Lawsuit Moves Forward

    In October 2011, a federal judge in New York upheld a magistrate's decision to certify a collective action lawsuit brought on behalf of current and ...

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  • Riggan Law Firm Obtains Conditional Class Certification for Customer Service Representatives in FLSA Case

    As indicated in a blog post in September 2011, Riggan Law Firm, LLC , a Missouri overtime law firm, working in connection with Sowers & Wolf, LLC , ...

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  • The Origins of Minimum Wage and Overtime Rights

    Currently, federal and state laws establish minimum wage and overtime protections for employees. The most prominent example of such a statute is the ...

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  • Riggan Law Firm Files Overtime Lawsuit on Behalf of Cable Installers Misclassified as Independent Contractors

    On November 21, 2011, Riggan Law Firm, LLC , a Missouri overtime law firm, working in connection with the Law Offices of Kevin J. Dolley , filed a ...

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  • Riggan Law Firm Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Human Development Corporation

    On November 11, 2011, Riggan Law Firm, LLC , a Missouri employment law firm, working in connection with Kuhlmann, LLC , filed a class action ...

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  • Riggan Law Firm Obtains Wage Settlement for Tow Truck Drivers

    In the case of Lanktree, et al. v. I-70 Towing, et al., Riggan Law Firm, LLC , a Missouri employment law firm, working in connection with Weinhaus & ...

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  • Call Center Employees: Common Victims of Wage/Hour Violations

    On October 11, 2011, a call center worker formerly employed by Stream Global Services filed a class action lawsuit against the company in a federal ...

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