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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. We offer training and on-call advice for management and HR team members, so that everyone understands wage standards, keeping your business litigation-free. 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 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-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 hour class action following rigorous discovery
    • Large healthcare system: Successfully resolved state wage hour class action following federal court dismissal of related claims

    Our Team

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    • Stephen J. Jones

      Partner / Co-Leader, Wage & Hour Compliance and Litigation Team
      • Rochester
      • Office:585.263.1386
        Mobile:585.281.5880
      • sjones@nixonpeabody.com
      Stephen J. Jones
    • Robert H. Pepple

      Partner / Co-Leader, Wage & Hour Compliance and Litigation Team
      • Los Angeles
      • Office:213.629.6140
      • rpepple@nixonpeabody.com
      Robert H. Pepple
    • Kimberly Harding

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

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

      Associate
      • Los Angeles
      • Office:213.629.6004
      • akwak@nixonpeabody.com
      Alice Kwak
    • Philip Lamborn

      Associate
      • Los Angeles
      • Office:213.629.6139
      • plamborn@nixonpeabody.com
      Philip Lamborn
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