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The plaintiffs — current and former workers at restaurants run by Farmers Restaurant Group LLC — urged a Washington, D.C., federal judge Tuesday to preliminarily approve the deal, which would settle their class and collective claims. The workers said 962 class members could get a piece of the settlement fund, and that the deal was reasonable and fair.

McGillivary Steele Elkin LLP is pleased to announce that client Iranian Labor Activist Behnam Ebrahimzadeh has been released from Prison. Partner Greg McGillivary and Associate Diana Nobile worked with Freedom Now and counsel in London on behalf of Mr. Ebrahimzardeh, who was released nearly 5 years before the end of his prison term.

Sara Faulman featured in The Washington Post for her advocacy on behalf of former Wal-Mart employee, Beverly Steward.

Attorney, Gregory K. McGillivary, was featured in The New York Daily News regarding an overtime lawsuit brought by McGillivary Steele Elkin LLP and Hope Pordy of Spivak Lipton.

In a precedent-setting case handled by Molly Elkin and Sara Faulman of McGillivary Steele Elkin LLP, the Fourth Circuit (covering Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina) found that Fire Captains who are first responders are entitled to FLSA overtime compensation regardless of whether they also perform supervisory job duties.

Megan Mechak was featured in Bloomberg BNA’s Daily Labor Report published on May 11, 2016. In the article, she explained the limited applicability of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Tyson v. Bouaphakeo to similar lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the employees in the recent decision.

Most salaried employees are required to be paid overtime. But many people think that if they receive a salary, then they are ineligible for overtime pay. WRONG! It’s possible that you may not be getting paid for all the work that you are doing.

On December 9, 2015, Gregory K. McGillivary was featureed in the Daily Labor Report (Bloomberg BNA). To read more about his accomplishments in field of Labor & Employment Law, please click here:Gregory McGillivary Article in Bloomberg BNA.

At the end of last year, the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, became the 22nd city in the country to pass a paid sick leave law.

If you are interning for a company and receiving no money and no educational credit, and you are thinking that you are overworked, underpaid and unappreciated, than legally, you are correct. We are seeing a trend among companies being sued for taking advantage of interns.