Irene Spezzamonte

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Native Venetian 🦁 , adoptive Staten Islander | Reporter @Law360 | @StJohnsU @newmarkjschool Alumna | Former Fencer

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Ex-Dole Employee Can't Swap Other Worker Into PAGA Suit

1 week ago | law360.com | Irene Spezzamonte

By Irene Spezzamonte ( April 17, 2025, 2:02 PM EDT) -- A California trial court correctly prevented a former Dole employee from substituting himself in his Private Attorneys General Act case with another worker suing the company, a state appeals court ruled, saying the two workers didn't have much in common.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
Filipino Workers Say FEMA Contractor Cheated Them On Pay

1 week ago | law360.com | Irene Spezzamonte

By Irene Spezzamonte · April 17, 2025, 6:31 PM EDT A construction company with $88 million worth of Federal Emergency Management Agency contracts recruited 17 Filipino workers, promising fair wages and free housing, but instead cheated them out of pay and... To view the full article, register now.
2nd Circ. Reverses Packaging Workers' Rejected Wage Deal

1 week ago | law360.com | Irene Spezzamonte

By Irene Spezzamonte · April 17, 2025, 4:32 PM EDT The Second Circuit gave workers another chance to win approval of their $840,000 deal with a packaging supplies manufacturer over claims of unpaid wages, saying a lower court shouldn't have considered... To view the full article, register now.
Workers Ask Michigan Judge To OK Boot-Up Suit Deal

1 week ago | law360.com | Irene Spezzamonte

ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Irene Spezzamonte ( April 16, 2025, 1:31 PM EDT) -- A home healthcare company has agreed to pay about $86,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing it of not paying employees for the time they spent booting up their computers, a former insurance specialist said, asking a Michigan federal court to greenlight the deal....
DOJ Drops Equal Pay Suit Against Mississippi Senate - Law360 Pulse

1 week ago | law360.com | Irene Spezzamonte

By Irene Spezzamonte · April 15, 2025, 2:48 PM EDT A U.S. Department of Justice suit accusing the Mississippi state Senate of paying a Black attorney less than her white colleagues came to an end in federal court Tuesday after the... Want to continue reading?
Amazon Fights Flex Drivers' Class Cert. Bid In Tip Suit

1 week ago | law360.com | Irene Spezzamonte

By Irene Spezzamonte · April 15, 2025, 6:55 PM EDT A suit accusing Amazon of not paying tips to over 150,000 Amazon Flex drivers is "heavily fact-dependent" and should not move forward as a class, the company told a Washington federal... To view the full article, register now.
Akerman Calls Back Labor And Employment Atty As Partner

1 week ago | law360.com | Irene Spezzamonte

ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Irene Spezzamonte ( April 14, 2025, 7:01 PM EDT) -- Management-side firm Akerman LLP added a partner to its labor and employment practice group in Chicago who is returning to the firm after seven years and called going back "a homecoming."...
Akerman Calls Back Labor And Employment Atty As Partner

1 week ago | law360.co.uk | Irene Spezzamonte

ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Irene Spezzamonte ( April 14, 2025, 7:01 PM EDT) -- Management-side firm Akerman LLP added a partner to its labor and employment practice group in Chicago who is returning to the firm after seven years and called going back "a homecoming."...
DOJ Drops Equal Pay Suit Against Mississippi Senate - Law360 Employment Authority

1 week ago | law360.com | Irene Spezzamonte

By Irene Spezzamonte · April 15, 2025, 2:48 PM EDT A U.S. Department of Justice suit accusing the Mississippi state Senate of paying a Black attorney less than her white colleagues came to an end in federal court Tuesday after the... To view the full article, register now.
Akerman Calls Back Labor And Employment Atty As Partner

1 week ago | law360.com | Irene Spezzamonte

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