Class and Collective Actions

Outten & Golden’s class action and impact litigation practice has consistently sought to curb systemic employer abuses of workers, ranging from economic exploitation to gender- and race-based discrimination.

O & G’s class action team prosecutes cases involving:

Wage and Hour Violations:

Off-the-clock practices (not paying workers for all time worked)

Overtime avoidance by misclassifying employees

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 credit history

WARN Act Violations:

Failure to provide employees with 60 days advance written notice of a mass layoff or plant closing in violation of the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification (WARN) Act.

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* Practice Group Leadership: Adam T. Klein and Justin M. Swartz

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