Illinois FLSA Law

Mazen Hasan Agha, et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. Four drivers brought claims against Uber Technologies, Inc., alleging that Uber violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Illinois wage laws by misclassifying them as independent contractors, rather than employees, and thus failing to pay them the statutorily mandated m... More...

$0 (08-26-2025 - IL)

Troy Gillam Jr. v. Abro Kalamazoo 3, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represent the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standard Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. ... More...

$1 (03-18-2024 - IL)

Rufina Apieczonek v. Safeway Insurance Company

Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. "The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides workers with minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor protections. The FLSA covers most, but not all, private and public sector employees. In addition, certain employers and employees are exempt f... More...

$1 (01-25-2024 - IL)

James M. Forbus, Jr. v. CF Remodeling, LLC, et al.

East St. Louis, Illinois employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theories under 15 U.S.C. 2, which provides: The FLSA sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards for employment subject to its provisions. Unless exempt, covered employees must be paid at least the minimum wage and not ... More...

$1 (10-06-2023 - IL)

Jeremias Miguel Raymundo Funes v. NDTR Centers, Inc., et al.

Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. "The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments. The FLSA applies to all employees wh... More...

$0 (08-04-2023 - IL)

Anadelia Contreras v. Peke's Pozole, Inc. et al.

Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. Covered nonexempt workers are entitled to a minimum ... More...

$0 (05-04-2023 - IL)

Gregorio Gonzalez v. Barber Shop Acapulco Corp d/b/a Peluqueria 5 Estrellas

Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. Covered nonexempt workers are entitled to a minimum ... More...

$0 (04-07-2023 - IL)

Anthony E. Simpkins v. DePage Housing Authority

Anthony Simpkins sued the DuPage Housing Authority and DHA Management, Inc. (collectively, DHA), alleging various violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (IMWL), the Illinois Employee Classification Act (IECA), the Illinois 2 No. 17‐2685 Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA), and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). On cross&#8208... More...

$0 (06-27-2018 - IL)

Sara Sampra v. United States Department of Transportation

Sara Sampra sued her employer, the United States Department of Transportation, alleging that it interfered with her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act by reassigning her to a different position after she returned from childbirth leave. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant on the merits, finding that Sampra was offered essentially the same... More...

$0 (04-24-2018 - IL)

In Re: Jimmy John's Overtime Litigation

Plaintiffs‐appellants brought this collective and class action lawsuit against Jimmy John’s1 on behalf of all assistant store managers nationwide for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Although the vast majority of plaintiffs work in stores owned by franchisees, 2 they claim that Jimmy John’s is their joint employer. 1 The Jimmy John’s corp... More...

$0 (12-14-2017 - IL)

LaWanda King v. Ford Motor Company

LaWanda King worked for many years as an assembler in Ford Motor Company’s vehicle assembly plants. After transferring to its Chicago plant in 2010, though, she claims that she was sexually harassed by a super‐ * Of the Northern District of Indiana, sitting by designation. 2 No. 16‐3391 visor, after which she began getting reassigned to less desirable task... More...

$0 (10-02-2017 - IL)

Venita Hollins v. Regency Corporation and Hayes Baton

Regency Corporation operated forprofit cosmetology schools in 20 states. Each Regency Beauty Institute offered both classroom instruction and practical instruction in a “Regency Salon,” where members of the public could receive cosmetology services at low prices. Venitia Hollins was a Regency student, first at its Merrillville, 2 No. 15‐3607 Indiana, location,... More...

$0 (08-17-2017 - IL)

Luis Vega v. New Forest Home Cemetery, LLC

Luis Vega filed this suit alleging that his former employer, New Forest Home Cemetery, LLC (“New Forest”), by failing to pay him for his final two weeks of work, violated his right under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. § 206(b), to compensation at the minimum wage. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of New 2 No. 16-3119 Forest, rea... More...

$0 (05-17-2017 - IL)

Diego Gaines v. K-Five Construction Corporation

In the final days of his employment at K-Five Construction, Diego Gaines questioned the roadworthiness of two different trucks that he was assigned to drive. Management took steps to address Gaines's concerns, * Of the Central District of Illinois, sitting by designation. 2 No. 12-2249 but the trucks never reached the level of safety sought by Gaines. On his last Friday, he in... More...

$0 (01-03-2014 - IL)

Robert S. Johnson v. GDF, Inc. d/b/a Domino's Pizza

When a prevailing party is entitled to "a reasonable attorney's fee,â€ see, e.g., 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1988; 29 U.S.C. Â§ 216(b), the district court must make that assessment, at least initially, based on a calculation of the "lodestarâ€â€”the hours reasonably expended multiplied by the reasonable hourly rateâ€”and nothing else. See Pickett v. Sheridan Health Care, ___ F.3d ... More...

$0 (02-13-2012 - IL)

Synthia G. Ross v. RBS Citizens, N.A. d/b/a Charter One

Synthia Ross, James Kapsa, and Sharon Wells1 filed this class action against RBS Citizens, N.A. doing business as Charter One (a related entity, Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is also named but for simplicity, it need not be mentioned) for allegedly violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. Â§ 216(b), and the Illinois Minimum Wage Law ("IMWLâ€), 820 ILCS Â§ 105/1 et seq. The centr... More...

$0 (01-27-2012 - IL)

Susan Kellar v. Summit Seating Incorporated

Susan Kellar contends that she is entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act for work performed prior to the official start of her work shift. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of her employer, Summit Seating, because it found that Kellar's pre-shift activities were "preliminary,â€ that any work Kellar performed before her shift was "de minimis,â€ and that... More...

$0 (12-14-2011 - IL)

John Doe v. Top Dot Mortgage

One hundred sixty-six loan officer employees of Top Dot Mortgage sued the company on a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violation theory claiming that it created a created a pay plan which denied its loan officers minimum and overtime wages in violation of federal law, while its individual owners wrongfully added millions of dollars to their personal income. Under the FLSA, employees are en... More...

$9000000 (09-23-2011 - IL)

Deneene D. Ervin v. OS Restaurant Services, Inc.

In this appeal we consider whether employees who institute a collective action against their employer under the terms of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Â§ 201 et seq. ("FLSAâ€), may at the same time litigate supplemental state-law claims as a class action certified according to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3). The district court thought not; it rejected... More...

$0 (01-18-2011 - IL)

Brenda Urnikis-Negro v. American Family Property Services, et al.

Although plaintiff Brenda Urnikis-Negro prevailed in her suit for overtime pay, she contends on appeal that the district court improperly calculated the amount of pay she is owed. After a bench trial, the district court found that defendants American Family Property Services and its owners and officers, Todd and Nichole Lash, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Â�... More...

$0 (08-04-2010 - IL)

Mina V. Lewis v. Giordano's Enterprises, Inc.

This matter is before this court on interlocutory appeal pursuant to the provisions of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R. 308) to consider a question certified by the trial court. Defendant Giordano's Enterprises, Inc., which owns and operates several restaurants in the Chicago area, has a policy of automatically deducting $0.25 per hour from its hourly employees' wages to cover the c... More...

$0 (12-23-2009 - IL)

Theodore G. Robinson v. Tellabs, Inc.

This class action appeal arises from a finding of no liability under the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (820 ILCS 105/1 et seq. (West 2000)) for the defendant, Tellabs, Inc., after a bifurcated trial. Judge Billik ruled that Tellabs's policy of imposing unpaid days off following or preceding paid holidays to cope with difficult economic conditions satisfied the "salary basis test" because the days off ... More...

$0 (04-27-2009 - IL)

Hans G. Heitmann, et al. v. City of Chicago

State and local governments are entitled to offer compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay, if employees agree to this procedure. 29 U.S.C. Â§207(o). See Christensen v. Harris County, 529 U.S. 576 (2000). With the assent of the police officers' union, Chicago has implemented a comp-time program. In this suit, some of the officers who have accumulated credits under the program contend that C... More...

$0 (03-26-2009 - IL)

Antoinette Pirant v. United States Postal Service

Antoinette Pirant sued her former employer, the United States Postal Service, for an alleged violation of the Family Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 2601-2654 ("FMLAâ€), but her suit failed on the threshold question of her eligibility for FMLA leave. She appeals, contending there were triable issues of fact regarding her FMLA eligibilityâ€”specifically, a factual dispute over wheth... More...

$0 (09-04-2008 - IL)

Peter P. Jonites, et al. v. Exelon Corporation, et al.

This appeal requires us to analyze the relation between section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley), 29 U.S.C. § 185, which authorizes federal suits to enforce collective bargaining agreements, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., the federal minimum-wage and maximumhour law. The plaintiffs represent a class (an "opt-in" class under 29 U.S.C... More...

$0 (04-03-2008 - IL)

Paula M. Roe-Midgett, etc., et al. v. CC Services, Inc.

Plaintiffs Paula Roe-Midgett and Paul Decker sued their employer CC Services, Inc. ("CCS") for overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1). CCS contracts with insurance companies to provide claims processing services for auto, home, commercial, and farm policies. Roe-Midgett and Decker were employed as claims adjusters at different levels of CCS's c... More...

$0 (01-06-2008 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/SupremeCourt/2005/October/Opinions/Html/99111.htm" target="_new">Nancy P. Andrews, et al. v. KOWA Printing Corporation</a>

Plaintiffs, 35 former union employees of Kowa Printing Corporation, brought an action under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (the Wage Act) (820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (West 2004)) against defendants, Kowa Printing Corporation, Thomas W. Kowa, and Huston-Patterson Corporation. Plaintiffs alleged that they were owed unpaid vacation time and severance pay and that all three defendants wer... More...

$0 (11-02-2005 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2005/2ndDistrict/April/Html/2040919.htm" target="_new">Theresa Landers-Scelfo v. Corporate Offices Systems, Inc., Costello Johnson and Eunita Johnson</a>

Plaintiff, Theresa Landers-Scelfo, appeals from the dismissal with prejudice of those counts of her second amended complaint that sought damages against Synergy PEO, LLC (d/b/a The Synergy Plan and Synergy), for commissions on sales she made as an account executive for Corporate Office Systems, Inc. (COS), and for attorney fees associated with her attempt to recover those commissions. The compl... More...

$0 (04-19-2005 - IL)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=00-1834" target="_new">Ronald L. Howard, et al. v. City of Springfield, Illinois</a>

The plaintiffs in this case are police officers with the canine unit of the City of Springfield. The officers are responsible for taking care of the dogs assigned to them, but the dogs are owned by the City. Although the City provides kennels for the dogs, the officers were encouraged to care for them at home in order to maintain the relationship with the dog that makes them more effecti... More...

$0 (12-12-2001 - IL)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?yr=99&num=1089&Submit1=Request+Opinion" target="_new">Dormeyer v. Comerica Bank-Illinois</a>

The plaintiff, who worked as a teller for the defendant bank between April 1994 and February 1996, brought suit against the bank and related entities unnecessary to discuss charging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. sec.sec. 2601 et seq., the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 2000e(k), and the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. sec.sec. 206(a), 207(a), 2... More...

$0 (07-24-2000 - IL)