Anthony Demarco et al v. DIRECTV Inc et al
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January 06, 2016
CORRECTED: DirecTV Techs Say They Proved Employee Status In FLSA Suit
DirecTV technicians on Tuesday shot back against a management company's bid to shake their putative wage class action on the grounds they were independent contractors, telling a New Jersey federal judge that, despite the label, they were really employees protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act. Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that DirecTV filed the motion to dismiss. The error has been corrected.
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December 14, 2015
DirecTV Looks To Nix Technicians' 'Cookie Cutter' FLSA Suit
DirecTV pushed a New Jersey federal judge to toss a putative Fair Labor Standards Act class action from technicians alleging they were shorted pay, maintaining Friday that the group actually comprises independent contractors and not DirecTV employees.
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October 17, 2014
DirecTV Technicians Ask To Consolidate FLSA Suits
A group of DirecTV Inc. technicians on Thursday asked to consolidate 11 Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits accusing the satellite provider of misclassifying them as independent contractors to avoid wage-and-hour laws, arguing that the factual issues in the cases are nearly identical.