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. As “the voice for employees®,” we represent employees in individual lawsuits and class actions in every area of employment law including sexual harassment, discrimination, Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA), employee benefits, and unpaid wages and overtime.
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. Standing behind our commitment to our clients is more than a century of collective trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts.
With offices in Minneapolis and San Francisco, our 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, a wage and hour pay litigator, 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.
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News/Updates
11/25/2009
The opt-in deadline in this case closes on November 30, 2009. This means that anyone who wants to join this case must fill out and send in a consent form by November 30.
11/24/2009
Nichols Kaster, PLLP and Donati Law Firm, LLP have brought another lawsuit on behalf employees working in the cable industry for failure to pay overtime as required under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Click here to view press release.
11/4/2009
The lead plaintiff claims that he and other satellite technicians were incorrectly classified as "independent contractors" and denied overtime pay under federal overtime laws. Click here to view entire press release.
10/29/2009
Click here to read article in the Star Tribune.
10/23/2009
On October 22, 2009, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan granted conditional certification to Michigan Bell Telephone Company call center employees who allege that Michigan Bell regularly denied them pay for working off-the-clock without compensation. Cick here to view entire press release.
10/21/2009
On September 30, 2009, Judge Patrick Schiltz of the Federal Court for the District of Minnesota declared that Starbucks Coffee Company's tip distribution policy violates Minnesota law.
10/20/2009
On October 16, 2009 we mailed Court-authorized notice of the lawsuit to the approximately 375 call center agents who worked for LSJ Marketing during the applicable period. Recipients of the notice have until November 30, 2009 to return their signed consent form so that we can file it with the Court.
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