small claims project, summer 2013

Small Claims Project StatisticsUpdated July 17, 2013

Active Claims47

Inactive Claims

11

Insufficient evidence to move forward

1

Received $38

Client Withdrew9

Received $ & ER Declared Bankruptcy

2Referral to

Worker Center 2

ClosedClaims

52

Status of Claims

Reason for Closing

110 Total Claims with Individual Worker

J@W34

Worker Center 1

Worker 3

38 of the 110 Claims Filed in Small Claims Court by J@W, Workers, & Worker Centers

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Malden

Brighton

Marlborough

Quincy

Somerville

Waltham

New Bedford

Lowell

Lynn

East Boston

Taunton

Newton

Boston

Peabody

# of Claims

# of Claims Filed by Location of Small Claims Court38 Total Claims Filed

J@W1

HLAB 1

Private Attorneys8

10 Claims Filed in Venues Other Than Small Claims Court

2

8

7

3

1

1

20

6

0 5 10 15 20 25

Settled after judgment for diff. amt. ($9,500.000)

Default Judgment ($64,670.79)

Judgment by magistrate w/ Def. present ($25,092.84)

Judgment via mediation ($12,270.00)

Settled at court via mediation--no judgment ($1,100.00)

Settled at court before hearing--no mediation ($5,000.00)

Settled post-filing, before court ($50,960.37)

Settled before filing a claim ($10,989.00)

# of Claims

# of Settlements & Judgments Obtained w/ Total $ (Includes cases filed in other venues besides Small Claims Court)

Non-payment of Regular Wages

54%

Non-payment Regular Wages & OT

17%

Non-payment of Contract14%

Non-payment of OT13%

Non-payment of Min Wage & OT:

2%

Types of Claims110 Total Claims

0

10

20

30

40

50

6059

13 12 12

9

3 2 1 1 1

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Type of Service

Justice at Work Service Provided110 Total Claims

(Some Claims Required Multiple Services)

35

7

5

10

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

J@W ($69,553.64)

Private Attorneys ($36,750.00)

AG ($6,680.99)

DOL ($30,510.26)

# of Claims

56 Claims w/ Total Recovery of $143,494.89 - Includes All Courts(In one case $ was recovered by both J@W & the DOL)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Brazilian Immigrant

Center (Allston)

Brazilian Women's

Group (Allston)

MassCOSH (Dorchester)

Worker Center for Economic

Justice (Lynn)

Community Worker

Center (New Bedford)

Micah (Lawrence)

Fuerza Laboral (Central Falls, RI)

Chelsea Collaborative

(Chelsea)

Not Referred through Worker Center

47

1514

1312

1 1 1

6

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Claims Referred by Worker Center110 Total Claims

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Food Service

Detailing

Domestic Work

Dry Cleaning

Delivery

Gas Station

Cleaning

Landscaping

Construction

Painting

Restaurant

Tent Industry

Truck Driving

Roofing

Bakery

Ranch

Health & Fitness

Limo Cleaning

Hotel

1

1

1

2

2

3

5

6

22

38

11

7

3

2

1

1

1

1

1

# of Claims

Industries of Workers110 Total Claims

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

BrazilGuatemala

El SalvadorHonduras

MexicoColombia

Dominican RepublicUnited States

Unknown

57

19

11

5

4

22

1

9

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Country

Country of Origin

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

Somerville

Lynn

New Bedford

East Boston

Chelsea

Everett

Malden

Brighton

Waltham

Allston

Marlborough

Medford

Framingham

Jamaica Plain

Revere

Lowell

12 Cities w/ 1 Worker *

# of Workers

Residence of Workers in MA & RI(* Cities with one worker:

Boston, Braintree, Cambridge, Lawrence, Newton, Norwood, Peabody, Providence, Quincy, Saugus, Taunton, & Worcester)

Latino (other)38%

Indigenous Latin American (All)

9%

Latino (Brazilian)51%

Unknown2%

Ethnicity of Workers

Male89%

Female11%

Gender of Workers