Case 06-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a group of landscaping employees sued their employer, a landscaping company, for failure to pay overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Illinois Minimum Wage Law, and Illinois Wage Payment Collection Act.  A consent judgment was entered in favor of the employees.

Case 06-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a female employee alleged that she was sexually harassed by her direct supervisor and terminated in retaliation for complaining about the harassment to the Company’s owner.  The employee also alleged that she was not paid the commissions owed to her.  The case settled to the employee’s satisfaction.

Case 2006 AR x, brought in the Circuit Court of DuPage County, a computer consulting company sued its employee, a Programmer Analyst, for allegedly breaching his employment contract.  The Programmer Analyst filed a claim against the company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Case 06-C-x) for failure to pay overtime and minimum wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Illinois Minimum Wage Law.  The Programmer Analyst, who was an alien worker with a valid H-1B visa, also alleged that the company violated the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act by failing to pay him wages that were promised in his H-1B visa petition.  The case settled to Programmer Analyst’s satisfaction.

Case 06Mx, brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County, a computer consulting company sued its employee, a Programmer Analyst, for allegedly breaching his employment contract and fiduciary duties.  The Programmer Analyst threatened to file a claim against the company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for failure to pay overtime and minimum wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Illinois Minimum Wage Law.  The Programmer Analyst, who was an alien worker with a valid H-1B visa, also threatened suit under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act for the company’s failure to pay him wages that were promised in his H-1B visa petition.  The case settled to Programmer Analyst’s satisfaction.

Case 06-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, four landscaping employees sued their employer, a private golf club, for failure to pay overtime wages.  The case settled to the employees’ satisfaction.

Case 06-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, two hourly employees of a restaurant sued their employer for failure to pay overtime wages.  The case settled to the employees’ satisfaction.

Case 06-C-x brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a small grocery store was sued for unpaid minimum and overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act.  Caffarelli & Siegel Ltd. successfully negotiated a settlement limiting the damages to be paid by the grocery store.

Case 06-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a waitress sued her employer for failure to pay minimum a and overtime wages.  The case settled to the waitress’ satisfaction.

Case 2006Lx, which was filed in the Cook County Circuit Court, a former high-level executive alleged that he was not paid the severance he was entitled to under the Executive Severance/Change in Control Agreement that he previously signed.  The case settled to the executive’s satisfaction.

Case 06-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, several maintenance technicians of a restaurant chain claimed that they were not being compensated for time spent fixing maintenance problems over the telephone and the time they spent “on-call” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  The case settled to the employees’ satisfaction.

Case 06-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a cleaning technician sued her former employer for unpaid overtime and for unlawful deductions from her paycheck.  Although the employer attempted to claim that the employee was exempt due to the Motor Carrier Exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the case settled to the employee’s satisfaction.

Case 06-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, three dry cleaning employees sued their former employer for unpaid overtime.  They had been a flat hourly rate regardless of the number of hours they worked per week.  After allowing other employees the opportunity to “opt-in” to the lawsuit as a collective action, the case settled to the employees’ satisfaction.

Case 06-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a former employee of a manufacturing facility brought suit for egregious sexual harassment, disability discrimination, and retaliation for having complained about harassment.  Almost immediately after Caffarelli & Siegel Ltd. filed suit, the case settled to the client’s satisfaction.

Case 06-C-x brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a former employee of a major electronics retailer sued her former employer for terminating her in retaliation for complaining about sexual harassment.  Caffarelli & Siegel Ltd. defeated the employer’s motion for summary judgment.  The case proceeded to a federal jury trial.

Case 06-C-x, brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a former employee of a national truck rental train sued his former employer because it had terminated him in retaliation taking a leave to care for his terminally ill pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act.  Caffarelli & Siegel Ltd. defeated the employer’s motion for summary judgment.  The case subsequently settled to the employee’s satisfaction.