Wage Hour Law

GSD has filed a lawsuit against Prime Protection Authority. The Named Plaintiff is a former armed security officer and brings this case against Prime Protection Authority, LLC (hereafter “Prime”) and Anthony Pierce (together “Defendants”). The lawsuit alleges that Prime violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by failing to pay the Named Plaintiff and…

On March 19, attorney Rebecca King spoke at an event at the Aspen Institute about “The Essential and Undervalued Work of Truckers.” She joined a group of industry experts who discussed the challenges truckers face and ideas for improving the industry.  A career in trucking at one time meant a path to the middle class,…

On March 11, 2025, a settlement notice was sent to a class of over 1,000 Data Control Officers and workers in similar positions who were employed by Sitemetric, LLC, misclassified as independent contractors, and denied proper overtime pay. The workers are represented by the wage and hour law firm Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC out…

For the past year-and-a-half, Getman, Sweeney & Dunn attorney Lesley Tse has served U.S. Department of Transportation Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF), working with industry experts on a year-long investigation into lease-purchase programs. The Task Force recently released their report, finding that, “The negative impacts of inequitable lease-purchase programs affect individual drivers (especially new drivers),…

After almost 20 years with GSD, Carolyn Mow has retired. Carolyn started as a paralegal and spent the last 8 years also serving as GSD’s HR and payroll coordinator, as well as a member of our management team. Fluent in English and Spanish, Carolyn was the point of contacts for hundreds of clients, including farm…

This week, President Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine, to honor the historic contributions of America’s first woman Cabinet Secretary and the longest-serving Secretary of Labor. Following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911, Perkins as appointed as the executive secretary of the citizen’s Committee on Safety by…

On November 15, a federal judge in Texas blocked a rule that would have expanded overtime pay to millions of salaried workers throughout the US. The Biden administration finalized the new rule, which would provide overtime pay to any worker making $58,656 per year or less, earlier this year. The new rule was set to…

On Monday, equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter passed away at the age of 86. Ms. Ledbetter worked as a supervisor at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company starting in 1979. After almost 20 years in that role, in 1998 she received an anonymous letter from a colleague that she had been underpaid compared with men in…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1, 2024 Contacts: Patrick Fowler, Communications Strategist, NCLEJ | fowler@nclej.org New York, NY – The National Center for Law and Economic Justice and Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC have filed a lawsuit against GreatCare Inc. (a homecare agency), CenterLight Health System, Inc., and one or more managed long-term care plans (MLTCs)…