April 08, 2016
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday denied DirecTV 's bid to dismiss a lawsuit by installation technicians who claim that they weren't paid for overtime, ruling that the workers can show that DirectTV and one if its contractors share responsibility for their pay as co-employers.
September 25, 2015
An Illinois federal judge has dismissed a wage-and-hour suit against DirecTV LLC, saying that the installation technicians' suit did not describe a relationship with the company that qualified them as employees eligible for overtime or other benefits.
October 17, 2014
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.