At Sanford Wittels & Heisler, we are firmly committed to ensuring that employees are granted all the workplace protections afforded them under law, which includes pay for every hour worked. We protect clients who have been subject to violations of the state and federal minimum wage, overtime, and child labor laws, as well as provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). To that end, we work tirelessly to recover money owed to workers whose employers have broken laws relating to exempt and non-exempt worker classifications, overtime laws, legally-mandated alternative work schedules, compensatory time off, and obligatory meal and rest periods.
Some examples of our work can be found in the following important cases:
In re Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
SWH represents the entirety of the pharmaceutical representative field force at Novartis Pharmaceuticals in their claims against the company for wage and hour violations. Specifically, Novartis has unlawfully denied employees the overtime to which they are rightfully due. A nationwide class is certified, as are New York and California state classes. The case is currently being considered by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. While on appeal, the Department of Labor and the National Employment Lawyers Association filed amicus briefs in support of our clients.
SWH is also counsel in similar matters throughout the United States against Roche, Merck, Abbott, and Pfizer.
AT&T
SWH represents employees at AT&T in class matter involving the telephone giant’s failure to pay overtime to its “First-Level Managers.” A federal court in Connecticut recently certified a class action on behalf of such employees. SWH has now filed similar matters in Georgia and California and will soon be seeking certification in those cases. More
C&S
SWH represented C&S Grocer employees throughout the United States with claims regarding failure to pay overtime. The case settled on a class basis for undisclosed terms. More