November 04, 2024
Citizens Bank struck a deal with a group of mortgage loan officers to resolve the final remaining claim in their lawsuit alleging the company stiffed them on overtime wages by compelling them to put in extra work off the clock, a filing in Pennsylvania federal court said.
May 10, 2024
Pennsylvania wage law requires employers to pay workers overtime rates that include all compensation earned, including commissions, a group of workers accusing Citizens Bank of underpaying overtime wages told a federal judge, urging the court to deny the bank's request for a win.
April 26, 2024
A group of mortgage loan officers' claim that Citizens Bank did the math wrong when calculating their overtime can't stand, the bank said, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge that the way it considered commissions in overtime complies with state law.
July 13, 2022
A group of mortgage loan officers who accused Citizens Bank of not paying them overtime lost their bid to recertify a class after a Pennsylvania federal judge found the workers didn't provide homogenous evidence to show a common injury.
September 03, 2019
Citizens Bank can't delay a trial over claims it violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by allegedly making loan officers work "off the clock" just because the Third Circuit decertified the proposed class making similar claims under Pennsylvania law, a Pittsburgh federal judge wrote in a scathing denial Tuesday.
June 25, 2019
A Pennsylvania federal judge again rejected a bid to decertify a Fair Labor Standards Act collective of mortgage loan officers alleging that Citizens Bank required them to work off the clock, finding Tuesday that the legal landscape hadn't changed since his previous denial.
June 03, 2019
RBS Citizens Bank NA loan officers took a second shot at certifying their proposed class action alleging they were stiffed on overtime pay, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge Friday that they have evidence the financial giant knew about an "unwritten" policy calling for unpaid off-the-clock work.
August 22, 2017
A Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday refused to decertify a Fair Labor Standards Act collective of mortgage loan officers accusing Citizens Bank NA of wage violations, granting final certification while trimming certain claims challenging the legality of the bank's compensation plan.
May 03, 2016
A Pennsylvania federal judge has certified as a collective action an overtime lawsuit brought by three Citizens Bank mortgage loan officers, saying the payment policies challenged in their suit affected in a uniform way Citizens loan officers across the county.