February 14, 2024
A North Carolina federal judge said it's too early to decide a worker's retaliation claim against a mental health agency that offers services to children and teens and shelved the company's breach of contract counterclaim.
October 02, 2023
A GessnerLaw PLLC attorney will represent a class of workers who claim a North Carolina mental health agency failed to pay them for time spent in mandatory meetings and trainings, a federal judge ruled, rejecting the employer's argument that the attorney wasn't fit for the job.
March 15, 2023
A collective of nursing home workers pursuing wages for unpaid meetings called on a North Carolina federal court to reject their employer's pretrial victory bid, arguing the company improperly attacked individual rather than collective-wide claims.
February 23, 2023
A North Carolina mental health agency asked a federal judge to decertify a collective of workers accusing the company of failing to pay them for time spent in mandatory meetings and training sessions outside of working hours, saying the workers' duties are not similar enough to support class treatment.
September 15, 2022
Nursing home workers say their employer obstructed discovery proceedings in their wage dispute and called on a North Carolina federal judge to issue sanctions and an order to turn over timekeeping data.
January 11, 2022
A North Carolina federal judge has held that nursing home workers who allege that they were uniformly and intentionally denied pay for mandatory meetings and trainings, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, can proceed with their suit as a class.