November 14, 2024
A staffing firm urged the full Seventh Circuit to reconsider its opinion in favor of tradespeople in their lawsuit accusing the company of failing to pay them for time spent traveling between job sites, saying the court's decision conflicts with rulings from the Sixth and Eighth circuits.
October 30, 2024
The Seventh Circuit declined Wednesday to upend tradespeople's $200,000 win in their lawsuit accusing a staffing firm of failing to pay for time spent traveling between job sites, saying the workers were owed compensation because they had to make these commutes during their normal working hours.
April 30, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor urged the Seventh Circuit to affirm a lower court's ruling that a staffing firm must pay tradespeople for travel time between overnight jobs during normal working hours, and asked the court to extend the ruling to apply to travel outside regular work hours.