A great employment law firm has a purpose.
At the employment law firm of Nichols Kaster, PLLP our purpose is clear: the advancement of the rights of working men and women. Nichols Kaster represents employees in individual lawsuits and class actions in every area of employment law.
Individual Representation from a NKA Employment Lawyer
All of our attorneys are trial lawyers with extensive experience in every area of employment law. We regularly handle cases alleging workplace harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and other illegal employment practices. Many of our cases are on behalf of employees who have experienced job discrimination at their workplace. The law prohibits many types of job discrimination, including: age discrimination, race discrimination, national origin discrimination, religious discrimination, sex discrimination and sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, discrimination based on marital status or military status or sexual orientation, disability discrimination, and failure to accommodate disabilities. Our employment lawyer teams have also successfully pursued suits against companies for violating the FMLA laws regarding family and medical leave, for retaliating against employees, or for taking actions against an employee because the employee engaged in whistle-blowing. Nichols Kaster employment lawyers also regularly represent and advise employees regarding various contracts, including employment contracts, non-compete agreements, and severance packages. Each Nichols Kaster employment lawyer works tirelessly on behalf of every client who has been wronged in the workplace, whether the employee is a minimum-wage manual laborer or a highly-compensated executive.
Employment Law Representation from a NKA Class Action Lawyer
Our firm also regularly handles employment law class actions alleging that groups of employees have been subjected to the same illegal employment practices. NKA's class action lawyer teams have handled multi-plaintiff lawsuits alleging race discrimination, age discrimination, sex discrimination, religious discrimination and/or failure to accommodate religious practices, sexual harassment, and wage and hour violations. We are currently pursuing several cases against companies under the WARN Act for failing to give employees notice of a mass layoff or plant closing. Our class action lawyer teams also handle Family Medical Leave Act, or FMLA law cases, as well as numerous wage and hour class actions alleging violations of overtime laws and failure to provide meal and rest breaks.
Whether you need an Age Discrimination Lawyer, an FMLA Lawyer, or Any Other Type of Employment Lawyer, We Provide Experienced Employment Law Representation
With offices in Minneapolis and San Francisco, Nichols Kaster’s attorneys have been nationally and locally recognized for their expertise and achievements on behalf of employees. Our employment lawyers have been ranked by Chambers USA as number one among plaintiffs’ employment lawyers in the state of Minnesota and many of our attorneys have been selected as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars by Minnesota Law and Politics magazine. Whether you are in need of an age discrimination lawyer, an FMLA lawyer, or even a sexual harassment attorney; you can be sure that you are receiving the highest quality representation with Nichols Kaster's talented employment lawyer teams.
Although our trial experience is vast and far-reaching, our practice is limited almost exclusively to the representation of employees in individual and class action cases. We are “the voice for employees®.”
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News/Updates
6/16/2009
Nichols Kaster, PLLP, mailed notice of this lawsuit to over 1500 installers who worked for C-COR and/or Source on June 1, 2009. Since then, the case has grown significantly with dozens of people joining weekly.
6/15/2009
On June 11, 2009 the District Court of Minnesota conditionally certified a class of drivers who allege that CUSA ES, LLC and CUSA, LLC ("Coach America") failed to pay them overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
6/8/2009
Good News! On June 2, 2009, the Court issued an order preliminarily approving the settlement. The notice of the settlement was mailed today to all those who opted in to the lawsuit, as well as to the class members of the lawsuit. You must respond to the notice by July 23, 2009 in order to take part in the settlement. There will be a hearing on September 21, 2009 for final settlement approval. If we receive approval at this time, we will be mailing the settlement checks to you in late October, 2009. Thank you for your patience during this process. Please contact Ryan Kopischke at (877) 448-0492 ext. 269 or rkopischke@nka.com with questions.
6/3/2009
5/20/2009
On May 18, 2009 we filed a Complaint in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan against Michigan Bell Telephone Company on behalf of Outside Plant Engineers (aka Manager, Outside Plant Planning Engineering and Design). These Outside Plant Engineers seek overtime compensation under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and Michigan state law. For more information about the case, click here.
5/6/2009
On May 5, 2009, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled that employees working for an apartment locator company, Promove, LLC, were misclassified as exempt and should have been paid overtime. NKA is currently awaiting a trial date to determine how much overtime pay their clients will receive as a result.
4/27/2009
In granting Plaintiffs' motion for conditional certification, the court held that notice should be sent to all individuals across the country who were, or are, employed by Source Broadband or C-COR as installers after February 12, 2005. The court ordered Defendants to disclose contact information for members of the conditionally certified class within the next 30 days.
4/23/2009
We are excited to announce that on April 10, 2009, we sent notice of the case to thousands of current and former employees who worked for Solectron Corporation, Flextronics International, and/or Aerotek. If you are interested in joining the case you must return a consent form on or before July 9, 2009.
3/31/2009
Notice of this lawsuit will be sent to customer service representatives working in AT&T, Corp.'s Fairhaven, Massachusetts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Lee's Summit, Missouri and El Paso, Texas call centers for the last three years.
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