Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, with Sommers Schwartz, PC, has filed a class action lawsuit against JAC Products, Inc. over allegations that JAC failed to pay employees the proper overtime rate. According to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), all employees must be compensated for hours worked over 40 in a workweek according to their regular […]
Do you work in the public sector and receive extra pay on top of your normal hourly wages? If so, your overtime may be miscalculated and you could be owed money. Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating cases in which state, county, and city government employees have been inadequately paid for working overtime in pay periods during […]
Migliaccio & Rathod is investigating various California employers for failure to properly compensate employees for meal and rest breaks. The California Supreme Court recently released a ruling through which they established that meal and rest break premiums are to be paid at the regular rate, not the hourly rate of pay. This ruling, they elaborated, […]
The parties have reached a class action settlement in Crigler v. Seven Point Energy Services, Inc., Case No.: 19-cv-00604-MJH (W.D.Pa.), over allegations that Defendant failed to properly pay Plaintiff and all similarly situated employees overtime wages for hours worked over 40 hours per workweek in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), the Pennsylvania […]
The attorneys at Migliaccio & Rathod have successfully prosecuted a number of noteworthy consumer protection, wage and hour, civil rights, and environmental contamination cases, including the following: Consumer Protection Cases Jump to: Automotive; Technological; Data Breaches; Miscellaneous Automotive Consumer Protection Adeli v. Silverstar Automotive, Inc.: Case No. 5:17-cv-05224 (W.D. Ark.). M&R was co-lead trial counsel […]
Wage theft is simple: an employer takes money that belongs to an employee. The schemes to do so, however, can be complex. The attorneys at Migliaccio & Rathod LLP are experienced at seeing through smoke and mirrors to hold employers accountable when they break the law. The firm has recovered millions of dollars in wage theft […]
Restaurant servers are frequently victims of wage theft. Federal law, as well as most states’ laws, allow servers to earn a tipped minimum wage that is lower than the standard minimum wage, only if they make up the difference in tips. In Washington D.C., for example, restaurants only have to pay servers $5.05 an hour, […]
In July of this year, a series of leaked Discord DMs revealed that the online gambling website Duelbits had apparently offered Twitch streamer Adin Ross between $1.4 million and $1.6 million a month to stream the site’s slots gameplay on his channel. This leak, among others, showcases the recent rise of “crypto-casinos,” websites that allow […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating IHOP restaurants across the country for illegal wage theft practices that violate state and federal minimum wage laws. These practices include making servers responsible for non-tip earning side work such as cleaning, mopping, rolling silverware, and filling condiments, among other tasks. IHOP servers have also reported being forced […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating steakhouses across the country that pay servers a tipped minimum wage (less than $7.25 an hour, or lower than the state minimum wage) and also require them to pool tips with expediters, wine runners, silverware polishers, baristas, or other positions that do not regularly interact with customers. While it […]