May 15, 2024
A former call center worker on Tuesday lodged an amended class action complaint seeking boot-up time wages from a home healthcare company, raising only federal claims after a Michigan federal judge earlier this year stripped state law allegations from the suit.
April 11, 2024
Wage-and-hour cases brought by workers on a group basis under both federal and state law have become so routine in federal courts that attorneys told Law360 they're puzzled by a Michigan federal judge's refusal last week to let such a suit proceed.
April 02, 2024
A Michigan federal judge cut claims for wages asserted under state law from a call center worker's proposed collective action, without prompting, ruling that differences between state and federal wage laws overly complicated the case and posed risk of confusion for a future jury.