Labor and Employment Litigation

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Employers are required by law to treat their employees fairly and provide a workplace that is free from discrimination of all forms. Unfortunately, many employers engage in unethical and discriminatory labor practices that infringe on workers’ rights. If you have been subject to discrimination, unfair practices, or illegal treatment in the workplace, DiCello Levitt can help.

Our attorneys represent people harmed by the discriminatory and illegal actions of their employers. We investigate, litigate, and expose systemic workplace abuses, hold companies responsible, and ensure fair practices in recruitment, hiring, promotion, and pay. We fight for employees who experience discrimination in the workplace based on race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion. We assist women who are denied pay equal to their male peers; pregnant women who are terminated or passed over for promotions; and workers subjected to hostile workplaces, sexual harassment, and disparate treatment. And we protect whistleblowers who help bring illegal practices to light for the benefit of those people harmed by this conduct.

DiCello Levitt litigates matters in which companies violate their employees’ rights through such practices as misclassification of independent contractors, unsafe working conditions, and failure to pay minimum wages or adequate overtime or to provide legally mandated break times. Our extensive experience enables us to successfully challenge arbitration agreements, noncompete agreements, and other employment contracts and to enforce workers’ rights under collective bargaining agreements.

We understand the risks that workers face when they speak out against their employers, and we know how to safeguard against retaliation. Not only do we protect employees’ positions and recover compensation for their losses, but we also fight to change the policies and practices that allowed labor abuses to take place while making sure similar behavior does not occur in the future.

Representative Matters

Waggoner, et al. v. VSE Corp., et al.

DiCello Levitt negotiated a seven-figure settlement on behalf of a certified collective of unionized workers based on federal contractors’ failure to properly pay the firm’s clients during rest breaks while working at the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas.

Hodge, et al. v. North Carolina Department of Adult Correction

DiCello Levitt serves as Co-Lead Counsel in a wage and hour class action on behalf of more than 16,000 North Carolina correctional officers alleging that the State failed to pay for all hours worked, including pre- and post-shift activities critical to maintaining prison safety and security. The firm secured a sweeping summary judgment ruling establishing the State’s liability, with the court finding that the plaintiffs have established they are working at all times spent inside prison facilities and must be compensated accordingly.

McDaniel, et al. v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections

DiCello Levitt serves as Co-Lead Counsel in a wage and hour class action alleging that the State of Wisconsin failed to pay correctional officers for all hours worked inside prison facilities. In a major victory, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed an appeals court decision and ruled that correctional officers should be granted class action status to pursue their claims.

Confidential Individual Settlement

DiCello Levitt negotiated a favorable settlement for a woman who was terminated in the hospitality industry after disclosing to the company that she was pregnant.

Confidential Group Settlements

DiCello Levitt has achieved numerous multimillion-dollar settlements on behalf of groups of employees and former employees of large companies, international corporations, educational institutions, and other entities who courageously stood up to racial, gender, and other forms of discrimination in all aspects of the employment relationship, from hiring to compensation, promotion, layoff, and termination.