Mendiola v. Howley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION PEDRO MENDIOLA and JUAN CARLOS CRUZ ) VALENTIN, ) ) 18 C 8536 Plaintiffs, ) ) Judge Gary Feinerman vs. ) ) JOHN HOWLEY and GALWAY PAINTING, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Pedro Mendiola and Juan Carlos Cruz Valentin allege in this suit that their former employer, Galway Painting, Inc., and its president, John Howley, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”),

29 U.S.C. § 201

et seq., and the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (“IMWL”), 820 ILCS 105/1 et seq., by failed to pay them minimum and…