Stephan Zouras, LLP, a recognized national leader in securing unpaid overtime wages for Home Health Clinicians, is prosecuting a nationwide class and collective action on behalf of thousands of home health Registered Nurses, Physical Therapists,…
Based on recent precedent and guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Investigators are typically misclassified as “exempt” from overtime. Employers must compensate these individuals at a…
Whatever your place of work may be, you always want your employer to compensate you fairly and in accordance with the law. All too often, employers try to skirt the law by, among other things,…
Fingerprints, voice recognition, retina scans and facial imaging are all examples of personal, private and proprietary biometric data. Your biometric data is a snapshot of you and contains a wealth of sensitive information. And it…
Imagine completing a long day of work only to be denied pay for your time and effort in violation of the wage laws. Earning enough money to support yourself is often the main driver when…
Your workplace should always enforce a safe and healthy environment for all employees, but sometimes, this isn’t the case. In the legal field, the term “whistleblowing” refers to people who report corporate fraud, serious misconduct…
An employer or prospective employer who has conducted a credit check as part of your hiring process, may have violated the law. On August 10th, 2010, the Illinois Employee Credit Privacy Act “IECPA” was enacted…
In one of the largest judgments entered under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 2017, United States Federal District Court Judge Joanna Seybert recently awarded the sum of $15,200,000.00 to a class of loan…
Stephan Zouras, LLP represents Conrad Hilton employees who have joined together to protect their biometric data. On November 30, 2017, we filed a class action lawsuit against Hilton Illinois, LLC and Conrad Chicago, LLC to…
Magistrate Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert recommended the district court should grant Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification on November 17th, 2017 for a class of Home Healthcare Clinicians who claim Adventist Midwest Health (“Adventist”) misclassified them…
On November 9th, 2017 Judge Manish S. Shah granted Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for Conditional Certification. The court’s ruling means that Plaintiffs will be able to pursue their claims for unpaid wages and overtime as a…
In the first case of its kind against Facebook, Stephan Zouras, LLP has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of inside sales employees that seek to recover unpaid overtime wages. Last week we filed a…
