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Pepperidge Farm Distributors: Misclassification 

Shapiro Haber & Urmy represented Pepperidge Farm distributors in three cases originally filed in Massachusetts, California, and Illinois, in which the distributors allege that Pepperidge Farm treated them as employees while classifying them as independent contractors, thus depriving them of important benefits owed by law to employees. The class action Complaint alleges that because of the level of control Pepperidge Farm exercises over its Distributors they cannot legally be classified as “independent contractors” and are owed all compensation and benefits that Pepperidge Farm provides to its employees.  The cases are Sayward v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc., No. 1:13-cv-12770-GAO (D. Mass.); Alfred v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc., No. 2:14-cv-7086-JAK (C.D. Cal.); and Mulhern v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc., No. 1:16-cv-02119 (N.D. Ill.). After obtaining certification of the California class over Pepperidge Farm’s opposition, see Alfred v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc., 322 F.R.D. 519 (C.D. Cal. 2017), Shapiro Haber & Urmy settled the three cases on a class-wide basis for more than $22.5 million. 

CVS Shift Supervisors (MA) 

Shapiro Haber & Urmy represented a putative class of CVS shift supervisors in a class action currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against CVS Pharmacy, Inc. The class action Complaint alleges that CVS required its shift supervisors to remain on the store premises when taking rest and/or meal breaks when there were no other managerial employees on duty. CVS did not pay shift supervisors for that time, in violation of Massachusetts wage and hour law.

If you are a shift supervisor who believes that you have not been paid for all hours worked, you might want to speak with a wage lawyer or overtime lawyer.  Please contact Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP by clicking here or calling 1-617-439-3939.

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Shapiro Haber & Urmy has successfully represented plaintiff employees in many wage and hour individual and class actions for employee misclassification and in actions seeking to recover overtime pay owed to them under both state and federal law. Such cases have been successfully prosecuted in federal and state courts in Massachusetts and other states, recovering millions of dollars in damages from employers such as Electronic Arts; Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.; Arbella Insurance Company; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Continental Insurance Company; USAA; Ames Department Stores, Inc.; Argenbright, Inc,; Abercrombie & Fitch; Lane Bryant, Inc.; Express; United Parcel Service; Footbridge; AM Broadband LLC; and CVS.