Employer’s Counterclaims Tossed In Suit Over Wage, FFCRA Violations

Mealey's (April 29, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT) -- OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge in Nebraska on April 27 dismissed counterclaims by an employer that has been accused of failing to pay two employees wages for work completed after their shifts and for refusing to pay for COVID-19 testing or time spent quarantining after an employee returned from vacation during the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the counterclaims for unjust enrichment and fraud were based on a different set of facts....