Wage Theft Cases

FLSA, Class Certification- Plaintiffs sought conditional certification of an FLSA class pursuant to 29 USC 216(b) based on a clock-in and clock-out rounding policy. The magistrate found that potential plaintiffs were identified and submitted affidavits. However, the magistrate found evidence of a…

Summary judgment race discrimination promissory estoppel overtime hours discovery motions. Trial court erred by granting summary judgment to defendant-employer regarding employee's race discrimination claim, because there are genuine issues of material fact. Summary judgment was properly granted to…

The trial court denied Appellant, employee, relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and employee appeals. Because the trial court's judgment does not clearly show that it applied the correct legal standard in deciding the case, we vacate and remand.

The trial court ordered the Appellant to pay its employee for the full twelve hours of a work shift excused due to the employee's jury service. For the reasons stated herein, we vacate the trial court's judgment and order that the case be dismissed.

Unemployment compensation just cause to quit failure to pay as promised. UCRC's decision finding no just cause to quit and disallowing employee's unemployment compensation benefits was against the manifest weight of the evidence. Hearing officer's decision improperly found that employee's failure…

C.A.R. 21.1— Certified Questions of State Law—Colorado Wage Claim Act—Statute of Limitations—Statutory Construction. The Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction under C.A.R. 21.1 to answer a certified question of law from the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado regarding how far back in…

Employment termination