- appellate litigation
- class & collective action
- discrimination & retaliation
- executives & professionals
- family responsibilities & disability discrimination
- financial services
- lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender workplace rights (lgbt)
- sexual harassment & sex discrimination
- warn
- whistleblower-retaliation
- workplace privacy, technology, & e-discovery
class & collective action practice group
Outten & Golden’s class action and impact litigation practice group has consistently sought to curb systemic employer abuses of workers, ranging from economic exploitation to gender- and race-based discrimination.
From offices in New York, NY, Stamford, CT, and Chicago, IL, Outten & Golden's class action team prosecutes cases nationwide involving:
Wage and Hour Violations:
- Unpaid overtime and minimum wages
- Off-the-clock practices (not paying workers for all time worked)
- Time shaving
- Overtime avoidance by misclassifying employees as exempt employees or independent contractors
- Tip theft, misappropriated service charges, and other wage and hour claims on behalf of restaurant workers
- Unlawful deductions from wages
- Unpaid interns
Employment Discrimination:
- Promotion and compensation claims based on gender or race, including glass ceilings and sticky floors
- Account assignment/business allocation discrimination based on gender in the financial services industry
- Hiring discrimination based on criminal records
- Hiring discrimination based on credit history
(Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.)
