Credit check for new hire spurs lawsuit against Legoland
Summary: A Lakeland woman is suing Legoland’s owner Merlin Entertainment because she said she wasn’t properly notified the company would run a background check when she applied to work there.
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Catholic Charities director accused of sexual harassment
Summary: ST. PETERSBURG — A former employee of Catholic Charities is suing the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg alleging that he was sexually harassed by the current executive director.
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Pepsico Violations of COBRA’s Notice Requirements Class Action
Summary: The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) allows employees who are terminated by certain companies to continue their health insurance for a number of months after termination. The complaint for this class action claims that Pepsico, Inc. violated the law in not giving its employees proper information about COBRA.
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Impacts of airport satellite lot closure felt by employees, travelers
Summary: While the website boasts of a parking facility that is "gated, secure and close to the port," customers of Premier Parking are finding gravel lots that are open and left abandoned.
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Laborers allege Diamond Reconstruction owes unpaid wages
Summary: A Tampa contracting company is accused of failing to pay former employees at the correct rate for overtime work and allegedly misclassified them as independent contractors.
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Fla. Ambulance Co. To Pay $5.5M For Medicare, Tricare Fraud
Summary: Law360, Miami (January 30, 2018, 6:12 PM EST) -- AmeriCare, the largest ambulance provider in Tampa, has agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it defrauded government health care programs by billing for medically unnecessary...
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Obama's push to expand overtime could mean big changes for Florida
Summary: Florida's vast workforce of low-wage service workers and middle managers could see their paychecks swell because of President Barack Obama's directive this week to expand who can benefit from overtime pay.
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Tampa's Largest Ambulance Provider Agrees to Settle Medicare Fraud Lawsuit Filed by Berger & Montague and Wenzel Fenton Cabassa for $5.5 Million
Summary: Berger & Montague, P.C. and Wenzel Fenton Cabassa, P.A. of Tampa are pleased to announce that AmeriCare Ambulance Service, Inc. and its sister company, AmeriCare ALS, Inc. (collectively, AmeriCare), agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit filed by both firms on behalf of their client. The lawsuit alleges that AmeriCare defrauded the government by billing Medicare for thousands of medically unnecessary services.
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Doorstep Delivery FLSA Suit Settled After Decertification
Summary: Law360 (January 14, 2019, 8:08 PM EST) -- Doorstep Delivery has been able to settle a driver’s Fair Labor Standards Act suit against the food delivery service claiming that he was misclassified as an independent contractor and not properly...
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Moldy Mercedes-Benz HVAC Systems 'Foul,' Suit Claims
Summary: Law360 (December 13, 2018, 5:16 PM EST) -- Mercedes-Benz USA LLC and its parent company Daimler AG were hit with a lawsuit in New Jersey federal court Wednesday, claiming in the third putative class action of its kind that...
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