Law360, New York (May 18, 2017, 2:32 PM EDT) -- Sandwich chain Jimmy John's on Wednesday asked an Illinois federal court to toss in part an overtime compensation suit against it, arguing that courts are nearly unanimous in saying that franchisors are not joint employers of their franchisees’ workers.
Jimmy John's LLC and two affiliates moved for partial summary judgment in the proposed class action involving wage-and-hour claims brought by franchisee employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act, saying that as a franchisor it can’t be held responsible for purported pay violations at nearly 2,700 independent...
Jimmy John's Aims To Toss Joint-Employer Claim In OT Suit
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