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Class Actions

Class and collective actions alleging wage and hour claims are a rapidly growing area of labor and employment litigation. Ruth has served as arbitrator and mediator of class and collective action cases involving the following issues:

• employer/employee status
• exemptions from overtime
• single/joint/successor employer status
• overtime compensation
• tip pools/tip sharing in restaurant industry
• record-keeping
• spread-of-hours
• deductions from wages
• call-in pay
• remedies under state and federal laws