On March 29 federal judge Norman K. Moon approved a settlement of a lawsuit involving 108 plaintiffs which alleged that the Defendant in the case failed to pay overtime and took improper payroll deductions. The Defendant was Strickland Waterproofing Company,…
Three construction workers who performed construction work for Barton Malow, an international construction contractor, have filed a lawsuit against that company and others alleging that they and others similarly situated worked significant overtime hours without being paid at the required…
Matt Kaplan has been elected President of the Virginia Employment Lawyer's Association (VELA). VELA is Virginia's principal organization of attorneys who represent employees in employment-related matters and is the Virginia affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association. It promotes the…
Earlier this week a Richmond-based federal judge approved a proposed settlement of a complex case arising from allegations of systematic underpayment of overtime by three construction companies. The case, Rosales v. Capital Interior Contractors, Inc., alleged that, at numerous construction…
A federal court in Washington, D.C. has approved the settlement of a lawsuit that alleged that four construction companies (or their subcontractors) underpaid hundreds of employees. The employees participating in the case will receive over $340,000. The plaintiffs, who were…
The Kaplan Law Firm recently collected a judgment of $27,733.32 arising from a popular Arlington, Virginia restaurant and bar's failure to pay the firm's client, a janitor, the overtime he was owed. The case was filed in July 2019, but…
The Kaplan Law Firm's Matt Kaplan was recently elected Vice President-President Elect of the Virginia Employment Lawyers Association ("VELA"). VELA is the Commonwealth of Virginia's principal association of employment attorneys who represent employees and it is the state affiliate of…
The Kaplan Law Firm, in conjunction with the Handley, Farah & Anderson Law Firm, on behalf of clients of both firms, has filed a lawsuit against Bozzuto Contractors, a major construction firm, alleging that that firm is liable for the…