September 18, 2013
Security contractor Wackenhut Services Inc. failed Wednesday to persuade a Washington, D.C., federal judge to toss an arbitrator's decision to allow current and former Wackenhut firefighters to arbitrate their overtime pay claims against the firm as a class rather than individually.
June 08, 2012
A Washington federal judge on Thursday sent to arbitration firefighters' overtime pay class action against government subcontractor Wackenhut Services Inc., finding the plaintiffs — hired to work in war zones — signed employment contracts with valid arbitration provisions.
February 08, 2012
Government contractors Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc. said Monday they should not be targeted in an overtime pay class action brought by firefighters who worked in Iraq and Afghanistan, arguing the only legitimate lawsuit target is the subcontractor who hired the workers.
December 07, 2011
Halliburton Corp. and two other government contractors were hit with a putative class action Tuesday in Washington federal court by a group of firefighters who say the defendants denied them overtime wages for their service in Iraq and Afghanistan.