WALTERS v. PROFESSIONAL LABOR GROUP, LLC

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:21-cv-02831

Court:

Indiana Southern

Nature of Suit:

710(Labor: Fair Standards)

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Judge James R. Sweeney II

Firms

  1. August 17, 2023

    Tradespeople Ask For Win In Unpaid Travel Time Suit

    Tradespeople suing a staffing firm over unpaid time spent traveling between their homes and work sites asked an Indiana federal judge to grant them a quick win, saying it is an "inescapable conclusion" that they are owed pay under federal wage law.

  2. August 11, 2023

    Tradespeople Get Collective Status In Travel Time Suit

    An Indiana federal judge certified a collective of tradespeople in a suit alleging that a staffing firm failed to pay them for time spent traveling between their homes and job sites, a development that comes two months before the case is set to go in front of a jury.

  3. March 29, 2023

    Staffing Firm Wants 7th Circ. Review Of Travel Compensability

    A staffing firm asked the Seventh Circuit to immediately review a trial court's ruling that the time tradespeople spend traveling between their homes and job sites is compensable, telling the appeals court that such a decision flies in the face of precedent.

  4. March 07, 2023

    Tradespeople's Travel Time Is Compensable, Judge Rules

    A construction company can't get an early win in a suit claiming it owes its employees wages for the time they spent traveling between their homes and job sites, an Indiana federal judge ruled, saying that travel is work time.