Lebau & Neuworth Scores Overtime Class Action Win

Posted on January 1, 2023 in Class & Collective Actions, Companion-Care Home-Healthcare Workers, Employee Rights, Employment Law, Fair Labor Standards Act, Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, Minimum Wage Law, Wages, Overtime & Commissions

Lebau & Neuworth recently persuaded the federal court in Maryland to grant a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action (a type of class action) for current and former in-home caregivers who worked for Visiting Angels in Maryland. The case, Njoroge et al. v. Primacare Partners, applies to all current and former in-home caregivers employed by a Maryland Visiting Angels franchise at any time from February 22, 2019, to the present.

Minimum Wage Increase for Montgomery County Workers

Posted on July 28, 2022 in Employee Rights, Employment Law, Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, Minimum Wage Law

Montgomery County has a new minimum wage as of July 1st of this year. Know your rights when it comes to what you should be paid and your minimum wage!

Lebau & Neuworth Fights & Wins for Home Aides, Companions & Caregivers

Posted on June 20, 2022 in Employee Rights, Employment Law, Fair Labor Standards Act, Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, Minimum Wage Law, Wages, Overtime & Commissions

Home healthcare aides, caregivers and companions often are victims of unlawful wage practices. But Lebau & Neuworth attorneys have a dedicated history of representing these workers to get the pay owed to them.

Maryland’s Minimum Wage is on The Rise Again

Posted on April 23, 2019 in Employee Rights, Employment Law, Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, Minimum Wage Law, Wages, Overtime & Commissions

On Thursday, March 28, 2019, Maryland lawmakers successfully overrode a veto by Governor Larry Hogan to block a bill increasing the minimum wage in Maryland.