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about lawsuits by national employee rights law firm seeking to
halt discrimination in the workplace (based on age, race, or gender),
overtime pay and wage and hour violations, and breaches of fiduciary
duties by pension fund and 401k plan managers. |
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Lieff Cabraser's Overtime
Pay,
Employment
Discrimination and ERISA
Litigation Practice Area
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| Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is one of
the
leading law firms in the United States that represents
only
plaintiffs, including employees in class action lawsuits
seeking overtime pay and remedies for overtime law violations.
Our attorneys have represented thousands of employees nationwide
seeking to vindicate their statutory and common law rights. |
| Lieff Cabraser represents employees in overtime pay wage and
hour lawsuits. |
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employers misclassify their employees as "exempt," "managers,"
"executives" or "independent contractors" as a way to
prevent those employees from receiving benefits and overtime. Examples include
people who work in chain restaurants as managers yet are also required to wait
tables and work at the cash register, and IT tech workers who install and maintain
computer software and equipment. |
| Lieff Cabraser has obtained lost wages and benefits for
employees in overtime pay lawsuits, including the successful representation of
employees of Denny's, Carrow's, the advertising firm TMP Worldwide, Longs Drug
Stores, the California State Automobile Association, and computer technicians
at Computer Sciences Corporation. |
| Wage and hour suits also arise when
employers do not pay employees for all hours worked, even though the work performed
is required by the employer and benefits the company. These cases
can involve claims the employer forces employees to work "off
the clock." |
| To contact
an employment lawyer at Lieff Cabraser, click
here. |
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example, Lieff Cabraser represented assembly line workers in the Perdue
Farms chicken plants who have to don, put on and take off and sanitize certain
protective equipment due to USDA and OSHA regulations. And the company for
many years did not compensate the employees for putting on, cleaning and
taking off that protective equipment. |
| Federal and state anti-employment discrimination laws prohibit discrimination
in the work place based on an employee's race, color, religion, age, gender,
or disability. In addition to overtime pay lawsuits, Lieff Cabraser has helped
employees challenge discrimination in the workplace and initiated lawsuits to
compensate the victims of discrimination. |
| Notable
recent successes by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of employees in employment
discrimination lawsuits include the representation of a class of approximately
25,000 female employees of, and applicants for employment with, Home Depot.
In 1998, the Court approved a settlement of the case in which Home Depot
agreed to modify its hiring, promotion and compensation practices, and paid
$87.5 million, one of the highest amounts ever paid in a gender discrimination
case. |
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represented a class of African-American part-time employees in a
racial discrimination lawsuit against United Parcel Service in the
company's Pacific and Northwest regions. In 1999, a $12 million settlement
was reached with UPS. |
| Joined
with leading civil rights organizations, we are currently prosecuting
a class action lawsuit in federal court alleging that the hiring and employment
practices of Abercrombie & Fitch Co., one of the nation's largest
clothing retailers, discriminate against Latino, Asian-American and African-American
applicants and employees. Lieff Cabraser attorneys commented on this suit, "For many of the plaintiffs
this is their first foray into the job market. It is tragic that Abercrombie
taught these young adults that workplace discrimination is not just something
in their history books." |
| Lieff
Cabraser is litigating claims in a wide range of cases on behalf of employees
and/or retirees alleging interference with their interests under the federal
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Among its provisions, ERISA
recognizes that pension and 401k plan trustees owe fiduciary duties to the
participants and beneficiaries in these plans. |
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example, with co-counsel, we represented former Pacific Telesis Group and
SBC Communications, Inc. employees who became participants in 401k plans
administered by SBC Communications, Inc. The plaintiffs alleged that SBC
liquidated plaintiffs' AirTouch stock from the 401k plans without providing
them with adequate notice of their rights to retain the AirTouch stock.
In 2002, the court granted final approval to a $10 million settlement of
the case. |
| To contact an employment attorney at the national law
firm of Lieff Cabraser, please click
here. |
| To learn about our
current overtime pay, employment discrimination and unfair employment practices
cases, click here. |
| Important
Note: This summary is intended to provide a basic overview of typical
cases of our firm. It is for informational purposes only and does not constitute
legal advice. Please read our disclaimer. |
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| Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a 50-plus attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our firm is committed to protecting the rights of employees nationwide to equitable treatment and fair wages. Lieff Cabraser employment attorneys have represented thousands of employees seeking to vindicate their rights in cases involving gender and race discrimination, overtime pay and wage and hour violations, and the mishandling of funds in pension and 401k plans. |
| We served as counsel in a class action suit against Abercrombie & Fitch, which led to a novel, precedent-setting settlement in 2005. The settlement required the retail clothing giant to pay $40 million to Latino, African-American, Asian-American and female applicants and employees who charged the company with discrimination. In addition, Abercrombie was required to promote diversity among its workforce and to prevent discrimination based on race or gender. |
| We served as class counsel for approximately 25,000 female employees of, and applicants for employment with Home Depot. In 1998, the Court approved a settlement of the case in which Home Depot agreed to modify its hiring, promotion and compensation practices, and paid $87.5 million, one of the highest amounts ever paid in a gender discrimination case. |
| Lieff Cabraser has obtained lost wages and benefits for employees in overtime pay lawsuits, including the successful representation of employees of Denny's, Carrow's, the advertising firm TMP Worldwide, the California State Automobile Association, as well as several corporations in the computer industry including IBM and Computer Sciences Corporation. |
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Cabraser attorneys provide legal advice and practice law for clients in
federal district courts throughout the United States and in state courts
where we are licensed to practice. In states in which our lawyers are not
licensed to practice, we have affiliations with local attorneys who serve
as co-counsel with our firm. Please read our disclaimer. |
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