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    Wage Hour Compliance & Litigation

    We help clients prevent claims by auditing their current compensation practices and exposing potential issues before they lead to court.

    /Overview

    Correctly compensating employees is one of the biggest challenges employers face today. In recent years, we've seen more wage-hour claims than any other workplace dispute. We work with clients to discover potential issues related to overtime, payroll, meal break, off-the-clock work, or employee classification.

    To empower our clients, we offer training and on-call advice for both management and HR team members, so that everyone understands wage standards, keeping your business litigation-free. Our goal is to ensure that everyone within your organization fully comprehends the intricate web of wage and hour laws, thus minimizing the risk of litigation. Our team is also armed with solutions for any potential dispute—we will prep you for state and federal audits, conflict resolution, and provide you with a strong defense against wage and hour lawsuits.

    /Representative Experience

    • Large manufacturer of high-pressure aluminum and composite cylinders: Represented in connection with a wage and hour class action pending against it in California Superior Court
    • Food enterprise: Represented in a wage-hour litigation
    • Seller of fresh strawberries and other berries: Represented in wage and hour class action filed on behalf of nearly 3,000 California employees alleging claims of off-the-clock work, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, unlawful payroll time-rounding practices, and other state Labor Code violations. Successfully negotiated class settlement on favorable terms
    • Large hospitality group: Successfully resolved wage and hour class action following rigorous discovery
    • Large healthcare system: Successfully resolved state wage and hour class action following federal court dismissal of related claims

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    • Nixon Peabody has been named a Tier 1 National firm for Employment Law - Management in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®.

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    • Stephen J. Jones

      Partner / Co-Leader, Wage & Hour Compliance & Litigation Team
      • Rochester
      • Office:+1 585.263.1386
        Mobile:+1 585.281.5880
      • sjones@nixonpeabody.com
      Stephen J. Jones
    • Kimberly Harding

      Partner / Leader, Labor Relations Team
      • Rochester
      • Office:+1 585.263.1037
      • kharding@nixonpeabody.com
      Kimberly Harding
    • Michael J. Lingle

      Counsel
      • Rochester
      • Office:+1 585.263.1409
      • mlingle@nixonpeabody.com
      Michael J. Lingle
    • Alice Kwak

      Associate
      • Los Angeles
      • Office:+1 213.629.6004
      • akwak@nixonpeabody.com
      Alice Kwak
    • Jeffrey B. Gilbreth

      Partner / Practice Group Leader, Labor & Employment
      • Boston
      • Office:+1 617.345.1371
      • jgilbreth@nixonpeabody.com
      Jeffrey B. Gilbreth
    • Tara E. Daub

      Partner
      • Long Island
      • Office:+1 516.832.7613
      • tdaub@nixonpeabody.com
      Tara E. Daub
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