Case 05-C-x brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, two immigrant reporters sued their employer, a newspaper, for failure to pay overtime and minimum wages, as well as the wages promised in their immigrant petitions.  Although the newspaper disputed the hours worked, and alleged that the reporters were exempt from overtime, the case settled to the reporters’ satisfaction.

Case 05-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, seven nurses alleged that they were owed overtime because they were not paid for work performed during their meal periods.  The case settled to the nurses’ satisfaction.

Case 05-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, an hourly employee of a grocery store brought suit for unpaid overtime wages.  The case settled to the client’s satisfaction.

Case 05-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, an employee that was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and depression was terminated after taking a medical leave.  The employee alleged that she was terminated in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act and Americans with Disabilities Act.  The case settled to the employee’s satisfaction.

Case 05-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, an hourly employee of a restaurant brought suit for unpaid minimum and overtime wages.  The case settled to the client’s satisfaction.

Case 05-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, four hourly employees of a furniture store alleged that they were not paid overtime wages.  The case settled to the employee’s satisfaction, and a Stipulated Consent Decree was eventually entered by the Court.

Case 05-M1-x, brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County, a nurse was sued by her employer, a nursing home, for allegedly breaching her employment contract.  The nurse file a suit, case O5-C-x, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that the nursing home failed to pay her owed overtime, and retaliated against her in violation of the Illinois Whistleblower Act for refusing to perform work that she was not licensed to perform.  The case settled to the client’s satisfaction.

Case 05-C-x, brought in the United District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a nursing home was sued by an employee benefits’ fund for allegedly failing to make proper contributions.  Caffarelli & Siegel Ltd. successfully negotiated a settlement limiting the damages to be paid by the nursing home.

Case 05-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a warehouse worker sued his employer, a furniture company, for subjecting him to a hostile work environment on the basis of his race (Hispanic) and national origin (Mexican).  The worker also alleged that he was falsely imprisoned during a company investigation.  The case settled to the worker’s satisfaction.

Case 05-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, an employee with a trucking company alleged that she was sexually harassed by a co-worker and terminated in retaliation for complaining about the harassment.  The employee’s daughter also sued the trucking company for negligent failure to supervise its employees, and for intentional infliction of emotional distress because she received threatening phone calls from the harasser’s daughter, who was also an employee of the company.  The case settled to the employee’s and her daughter’s satisfaction.

Case 05-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, an executive claimed that he had been terminated because he complained to high-level executives about his employer’s allegedly fraudulent and illegal activity.  He also claimed that his employer has failed to reimburse him for a substantial amount of expenses.  He brought claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Illinois Whistleblower Act, and other causes of action.  The case settled to his satisfaction.

Case 05-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, four supervisors claimed they were terminated for taking certain actions so that other employees were properly paid their overtime wages.  The supervisors brought retaliation claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act.  Caffarelli & Siegel Ltd. successfully defended against the employer’s motion to dismiss and the case settled to the supervisor’s satisfaction.

Case 05 CH x, brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County, an employee of a fruit and vegetable importer and distributor was sued for allegedly breaching his non-compete agreement and breach of fiduciary duty.  The employer filed a suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Case 06-C-x) against his employer for failure to pay overtime wages.  Caffarelli & Siegel Ltd. successfully negotiated a settlement limiting the damages to be paid by the employee.

Case 2005-L0-x, brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County, two cleaning employees brought suit for unpaid wages under the Illinois Minimum Wage Law for the time they were forced to spend traveling in their employer’s car from client to client and for the time they were forced to spend waiting at a certain location for their employer to be picked up every morning.  The case settled to the employees’ satisfaction.

Case ALS 05-x, brought in front of the Illinois Human Rights Commission, a waitress brought suit against her former employer and the employer’s owner for egregious sexual harassment.  The case settled to the employee’s satisfaction.

Case 05-M1-x, brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County, a former employee sued her employer for unpaid bonuses.  The employer tried to claim it did not owe her the earned bonuses because she had not given it “two weeks notice” when she resign.  Caffarelli & Siegel Ltd. convinced the employer otherwise and the case settled to the employee’s satisfaction.