ALVAREZ v. CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC. et al

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Case Number:

2:17-cv-04095

Court:

New Jersey

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Fair Standards

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Kevin McNulty

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  1. February 26, 2021

    Chipotle Reaches $15M OT Deal Amid 'Novel' DOL Rule Issues

    Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve class claims that the restaurant chain improperly failed to pay overtime to management trainees based on a controversial U.S. Department of Labor overtime expansion rule, according to a motion filed Friday in New Jersey federal court.

  2. October 10, 2019

    Chipotle Management Trainees Seek Class Cert. In OT Suit

    A former Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. management trainee asked a federal court to allow her wage dispute to advance as a collective action late Wednesday, saying she's tackled the burden of showing the trainees were all exposed to the same illegal policy denying overtime pay for toiling more than 40 hours a week.

  3. April 04, 2018

    Chipotle OT Suit Stayed While 5th Circ. Looks At Contempt

    A New Jersey federal court has agreed to pause an overtime wage dispute with Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. while the Fifth Circuit considers a contempt order levied against the attorneys who helped file the proposed collective action, which allegedly violated a Texas court's decision to block the U.S. Department of Labor rule underpinning the case.

  4. March 21, 2018

    Attys In Chipotle OT Suit Want Contempt Finding Stayed

    Attorneys who were held in contempt for filing an overtime pay suit against Chipotle based on a rule a Texas federal judge had blocked asked the judge Tuesday to stay the contempt order while they appeal to the Fifth Circuit.

  5. March 19, 2018

    Outten, Cohen Attys Held In Contempt Over Chipotle OT Suit

    A Texas federal judge on Monday held in contempt lawyers from Outten & Golden LLP and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and their client, saying they had improperly pursued a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action against Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. based on an invalidated overtime rule.

  6. November 14, 2017

    Chipotle Wins Halt To Suit Under Axed DOL Overtime Rule

    A New Jersey federal judge agreed Tuesday to stay a Chipotle employee's proposed overtime class action while the burrito chain awaits a Texas federal court's decision on a bid to hold the worker and her attorneys in contempt for ignoring a court order blocking the U.S. Department of Labor's expanded overtime rule.

  7. September 18, 2017

    Chipotle Worker Says Overtime Suit Didn't Flout Texas Court

    A Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. worker who filed a putative class action in New Jersey seeking overtime pay under an enjoined U.S. Department of Labor overtime rule change urged a Texas federal judge on Monday not to hold her and her counsel in contempt over the suit.

  8. August 01, 2017

    Chipotle Seeks Contempt Order Over DOL Overtime Rule Suit

    A putative class action brought by Chipotle employees in New Jersey alleging that they are owed overtime under U.S. Department of Labor regulations that were enjoined in November merits a contempt finding against the workers' counsel, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. told a Texas federal judge on Tuesday.