Augustyniak et al v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:14-cv-00488

Court:

New York Western

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Jeremiah J. McCarthy

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  1. February 08, 2016

    Lowe's Wage Suit Opt-Ins Can Stay, On Two Conditions

    A New York federal magistrate on Monday said several human resources managers who opted in to a proposed wage class action against Lowe's that was denied conditional certification can stay in the case, but only under two conditions that move the burden from the retailer to the employees suing it.

  2. August 21, 2015

    Lowe's HR Managers Denied Early Class Cert. In OT Suit

    A New York federal judge refused Friday to certify a proposed collective action accusing Lowe's Cos. Inc. of improperly cutting human resources managers out of overtime pay, saying the lead plaintiff failed to show she is similarly situated to members of the proposed class.

  3. May 01, 2015

    Despite Atty 'Chutzpah,' Judge Nixes Lowe's $4.5M OT Deal

    A New York federal judge on Friday rejected a proposed $4.5 million settlement to end collective action allegations that Lowe's Cos. Inc. improperly cuts human resources managers out of overtime pay, saying that the plaintiffs' attorneys' fee bid showed "chutzpah," but that the overall deal wasn't fair.

  4. June 23, 2014

    Lowe's Withholds HR Managers' OT Pay, Suit Says

    Lowe's Home Centers LLC improperly classifies its human resources managers as exempt from overtime pay in an effort to save the company hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a putative class action removed to New York federal court on Friday.