Ariel Fenster

Employment Attorney Wage & Hour Counseling, Compliance & Litigation Tip Credit & Pooling @Seyfarth Shaw LLP

SENIOR ASSOCIATE, EMPLOYMENT LAW DOL INVESTIGATION EXPERIENCE • Successfully reduced a penalty to against a franchisor who violated child labor law violations. • Successfully reduced a penalty to against a fast-food chain that violated child labor law violations. • Successfully limited a nationwide call center investigation to one location and limited fines for over one million dollars to less than 6 figures. • Successfully closed out and limited a nationwide investigation to one state, thereby reducing exposure by nearly WAGE/ HOUR COUNSELING EXPERIENCE • Conducted a job classification audit on one of the largest companies in the US, analyzing over unique job titles and advising on exempt status classification. • Provided wage-hour due diligence on 20 acquisition deals in the last two years. • Conducted monthly wage and hour on-boarding training for new managers for several institutional Atlanta clients. • Serve as the day-to-day go-to expert for nationwide clients on wage and hour matters across retail, staffing, and hospitality industries. LITIGATION SUCCESSES • Defeated conditional certification of a nationwide claim against a staffing company. • Won a motion for summary judgment on the named plaintiff’s claim, where a former restaurant employee alleged he was misclassified