Federal Judge Conditionally Certifies Coffeehouse Workers Seeking Unpaid Overtime

Mealey's (October 18, 2017, 8:52 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A class proposed by a former coffeehouse worker who claims that she and other workers were paid cash for overtime hours rather than time and a half was granted conditional certification by a Louisiana federal judge on Oct. 6 following the employer’s failure to respond to the plaintiff’s motion (Hernandez v. Morning Call Coffee Stand, Inc., No. 17-2613, E.D. La., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 166018)....