Welcome Inn settlement could be coming

Welcome Inn settlement could be coming

A Welcome Inn settlement could soon be reached in the longstanding case. The parties to the suit have scheduled a settlement conference for February 22 at the Urbana, Illinois courthouse. By Feb. 15, each counsel, by confidential letter, must submit to the court a...
Settlement negotiations underway in Welcome Inn Hotel case

Settlement negotiations underway in Welcome Inn Hotel case

Settlement Negotiations Underway in Welcome Inn Hotel Case Settlement negotiations are underway in the Welcome Inn hotel case, according to the most recent court filings. The parties held a telephone status conference on Jan. 11 before Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long....
Settlement demand offered in Welcome Inn case

Settlement demand offered in Welcome Inn case

The Welcome Inn labor relations case could be coming to an end — but only if the defendants accept a Welcome Inn settlement demand offered by the attorney for the plaintiffs. Attorney John Ireland, representing April Brashier, Chad Lebow, Richard Orencia and more than...
Welcome Inn hotel employees, owners spar over signed declarations

Welcome Inn hotel employees, owners spar over signed declarations

The owners of a Welcome Inn hotel in Quincy, Illinois had initially reacted to a lawsuit by interviewing employees as to their working conditions, according to court documents. In Brashier v. Quincy Properties, LLC, former Welcome Inn employees April Brashier, Richard...
Battle lines drawn in Welcome Inn lawsuit

Battle lines drawn in Welcome Inn lawsuit

Four owners of a Welcome Inn located in Quincy, Illinois are being sued for allegations of violating that state’s Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in a in the complex Welcome Inn lawsuit that has spanned nearly two years. Plaintiffs April R. Brashier, Richard M....