August 24, 2022
Jackson Hewitt and a group of tax preparers asked a New Jersey federal judge to approve a settlement having the company pay up to $1.1 million to resolve a six-year proposed class action alleging the tax service and its franchisees shorted workers on commission.
April 28, 2021
Jackson Hewitt tax preparers can't proceed as a class with claims that the tax service and its franchisees shorted them on commission, a New Jersey federal court has ruled, holding that the preparers at franchisees hadn't shown they were numerous enough, and that issues were too individualized.
March 27, 2017
Jackson Hewitt was unable to fully shake putative class action claims it unlawfully reduced commissions paid to its tax preparers after a New Jersey federal judge recently found that the current or former employees sufficiently pled certain allegations and did not validly waive their litigation rights.