Getman, Sweeney & Dunn

09/11/2026

Wage Theft Win! 🎉

This morning, security guards in the case against DMV Protection scored a major victory. Judge Anthony Trenga ruled that security guards who were classified as independent contractors are, in fact, employees. This means that they are entitled to overtime pay at the rate of time-and-one-half for all hours worked over 40 in a week. In addition, Judge Trenga ruled that DMV's owner, Jovan Vladic, is also individually liable under the federal overtime law and some state wage and hour laws. DMV's security guards work in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C.

Many security guard companies operate similarly to DMV Protection and classify their employees as independent contractors to avoid paying them overtime and providing other protections. This decision is not only important to this case, but to the industry at large.

07/23/2026

NEW CASE ALERT

On July 10, GSD filed a new case on behalf of lumpers who worked for Freight Breakers, LLC in Florida and were not paid overtime at the rate of time-and-one-half for hours worked over 40 in a week. Workers loaded and unloaded trucks at warehouses, and were paid an hourly rate, piece rate, or combination. The workers allege that they were not paid the overtime rate as required by federal law, and in some weeks they were not paid the Florida minimum wage for each hour worked. You can learn about the case here:

  You may be eligible to join this case to recover overtime back wages and liquidated damages if you worked for Freight Breakers loading and unloading freight in Florida at any time between July 10, 2023 and the present, worked more than 40 hours in at least one workweek, and were paid on a piece-r...

05/01/2026

Only one week left to submit a claim!

05/01/2026

solo queda una semana!

03/18/2026

Mental Health Therapists Win Collective Certification!

On March 10, 2026, Plaintiffs in the case against Mississippi Behavioral Health Services succeeded in getting collective certification. Judge Carlton W. Reeves of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi issued an Order certifying this case as a collective action (click here to read the Order). This authorizes Plaintiffs to send a Notice to all former and current workers who are potential collective members explaining their right to join the case. The ruling also directed MBHS to provide Plaintiffs’ Counsel with names and contact information of potential collective members by March 31, 2026. Once we receive this information, Plaintiffs’ Counsel will send the Notice by mail, email, and text message. This effort could significantly increase the number of Opt-in Plaintiffs in this case, which is currently at 23. To join the case, members of the collective must complete a Consent to Sue form and return it to Plaintiffs’ Counsel by May 11, 2026.

Read more about the case here:

If you worked for Mississippi Behavioral Health Services at any time during the past approximately 49 months and 1 week , were paid based on billable hours worked on client contact only, worked more than 40 hours in a workweek, and did not receive compensation at the rate of time and one-half for al...

03/13/2026

On March 12, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Senator Patty Murray (WA) introduced legislation to guarantee minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers. The Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act would protect the right to fair pay for over 3 million home care workers.

Home care workers were exempt from federal wage protections until 2013, when the U.S. Department of Labor expanded minimum wage and overtime protections. In 2025, the Trump administration proposed to roll back those protections.

This important piece of legislation is cosponsored by 58 representatives and 17 senators.

Washington, D.C.–Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, legislation that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to guarantee minimum wage and overtime protections for over 3 million home ...

12/22/2025

Happy Holidays!

12/04/2025

GSD attorney Anamaria Segura spoke with Capital & Main about the Trump administration's ongoing attack on home health aides. Millions of workers throughout the country - primarily Black and Latina women - could lose their right to the minimum wage. You can read the full article here:

Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.

09/09/2025

The US Department of Labor recently proposed a new rule that would take away federal minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers. The USDOL allowed the public to submit comments to the proposal through September 2nd. You can read GSD's full comment in opposition to the proposed rule here: https://getmansweeney.com/gsds-opposition-to-the-us-department-of-labor-proposal-to-take-away-minimum-wage-and-overtime-for-home-care-workers/

08/26/2025

This Labor Day, take a moment to help workers by submitting a comment to the U.S. Department of Labor in opposition to their proposal to cut federal minimum wage and overtime protections for millions of home care workers.

The DOL’s proposal to cut homecare workers rights is a part of a long, ugly history. In 1938, domestic workers were excluded from federal labor laws on purpose in order to appease segregationists. And even now, close to a century later, care workers – mostly Black, brown, and immigrant women – are still fighting for the basic respect that others take for granted. But home care workers all over the country won wage protections in 2013, and we have to do our part to make sure they keep those rights.

If the current administration succeeds, they won’t stop with home care. This is a fight for the dignity of ALL workers and for a care system that values people over profit. Tell the Department of Labor: stop the rollback. Protect care workers now.

Submit your comment here: tinyurl.com/DOLHHAComment