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In Re: Jimmy John's Overtime Litigation

  1. July 21, 2015

    Jimmy John's Rips 'Novel' Defendant Class Bid In Wage Case

    Workers allegedly misclassified as exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements haven't justified their "novel attempt" to target defendant classes, Jimmy John's LLC said Tuesday, urging a Chicago court to nix Illinois law class claims and two putative classes of franchisee defendants.

  2. July 16, 2015

    Jimmy John's Looks To Consolidate FLSA Suits

    Sandwich chain Jimmy John's Enterprises Inc. on Wednesday asked an Illinois federal judge to consolidate a putative class action and a proposed collective action that both claim the chain's franchisees misclassified employees as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act to deny them minimum wage and overtime pay.

  3. April 08, 2015

    Jimmy John's Noncompete Pact Survives Worker Challenge

    An Illinois federal judge refused Wednesday to invalidate confidentiality and noncompetition agreements Jimmy John's LLC requires its employees to sign, saying there's no evidence the sandwich chain ever enforced the pacts against the two workers who brought the suit.

  4. March 11, 2015

    Jimmy John's Slams Class Cert. Bid In Noncompete Row

    Jimmy John's LLC urged an lllinois federal court on Wednesday to deny a class certification bid sought by assistant store managers alleging that the sandwich chain's noncompete agreements are unduly restrictive, arguing that the motion seeks an overly broad class discovery by leapfrogging a "joint employer issue" that should be settled first.

  5. March 02, 2015

    Jimmy John's Blasts 'Unending Revisions' In Class Action

    Assistant store managers suing sandwich chain Jimmy John's LLC along with several franchisees over alleged wage violations and restrictive noncompete agreements have attempted to use a reply brief to "surreptitiously amend" their claims, which should be dismissed, the company told an Illinois federal court Friday.

  6. February 27, 2015

    Jimmy John's Managers Seek Class Cert. In Noncompete Row

    Assistant store managers at Jimmy John's LLC and several of its franchises asked an Illinois federal judge on Thursday for class certification in their suit alleging the sandwich chain violated federal and state wage laws and forced workers to sign unduly restrictive noncompete agreements.

  7. November 24, 2014

    Jimmy John's, Franchisees Blast Noncompete Challenge

    Jimmy John's LLC and franchisees in Illinois have pushed a federal court to shoot down a putative class challenge to a noncompete agreement that low-level employees were allegedly forced to sign, saying there's no evidence the sandwich chain ever enforced the pacts.

  8. October 23, 2014

    Reps. Seek Probe Of Jimmy John's Over Noncompetes

    Sandwich chain Jimmy John's came under scrutiny Wednesday when members of Congress asked the U.S. Department of Labor and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports that the company forces low-wage workers sign noncompete agreements, calling the practice anti-competitive.