Natalie Frances Bare

Natalie is a shareholder with the Philadelphia Labor & Employment Practice and a go-to wage and hour lawyer nationwide. She focuses her practice on assisting companies with wage and hour compliance and defending companies against complex wage and hour litigation.Natalie provides comprehensive wage and hour audits, risk assessments, remediation plans, and implementation support, including in the areas of:Employee classifications (exempt vs. non-exempt) Non-employee status (independent contractors, volunteers, interns) Payroll records and pay practices (regular rate and overtime calculations, expense reimbursement, records retention, offer letters, wage statements) Timekeeping practices and policies (pre-shift activities, meal breaks, travel time, time tracking and adjustments, remote work)Natalie’s key services also include drafting timekeeping and pay policies and procedures, training HR and managers on wage and hour policies, preparing for and responding to Department of Labor investigations, responding to internal wage complaints and pre-suit wage and hour demand letters, and defending individual and complex wage and hour lawsuits.Natalie’s wage and hour advice is informed by over 15 years of experience representing some of the nation's largest employers companies in wage and hour class and collective action litigation.ConcentrationsWage and hour audits and risk assessments Wage and hour policies and practices Wage and hour class and collective action litigation Department of Labor investigationsThe attorney is providing legal services through and affiliated with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a New York Limited Liability Partnership. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.Recognition & LeadershipAwards & AccoladesListed, Super Lawyers magazine, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, “Rising Stars,” 2013-2015, 2017-2024 Listed, The Legal Intelligencer, “Lawyers on the Fast Track,” 2012Experience: Representative Matters: Represents a global retailer in complex wage and hour litigation in jurisdictions across the country including defense of wage statement, final pay, predictability pay, meal break, and other off-the-clock claims.; Represented a global retailer in obtaining dismissal with prejudice of six of nine causes of action in a putative class action filed by a former employee alleging violations of California labor laws, including meal and rest break claims, minimum wage and overtime claims, claims for waiting time penalties, claims for penalties under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), and derivative claims under the Unfair Competition Law (UCL); this decision substantially reduced the client's exposure in the case by hundreds of millions of dollars and led to resolution of the matter on an individual basis.; Represented two national telecommunication companies in various multi-plaintiff wage and hour litigation matters involving alleged violations of the FLSA.; Represented a national cosmetology school in Rule 23 consumer class actions involving alleged violations of Pennsylvania and New Jersey consumer protection statutes, as well as purported claims for breach of implied contract, and unjust enrichment/disgorgement.; Represented a national cosmetology school in matter involving purported nationwide FLSA collective action and multiple Rule 23 state wage and hour law class actions in which students alleged the school owed them wages for time spent in class.; Represented an international spa company in purported Connecticut wage and hour class and collective action arbitration in which personal service employees asserted multiple causes of action for alleged unpaid wages, including commissions, tips and overtime premium payments; successfully negotiated stipulation for consolidated mediation and arbitration of individual claims of opt-in claimants and achieved voluntary dismissal with prejudice of class allegations.; Represented two diners in New York state wage and hour class and collective action in which seven named plaintiffs allege multiple federal and state wage law violations, including unpaid minimum wages, overtime premium payments, and spread of hours payments.; Represented a restaurant in New York state wage and hour class action in which three restaurant workers alleged failure to pay minimum wages, overtime premium payments, and spread of hours payments; class and collective allegations voluntarily dismissed and individual claims of three named plaintiffs settled.; Represented a professional staffing services firm in purported nationwide collective action in which financial services industry workers alleged they were misclassified as exempt administrative and/or executive employees in violation of the FLSA; named and purported opt-in plaintiffs stipulated to consolidated mediation and arbitration and individual claims of the plaintiffs settled at mediation.; The above representations were handled by Ms. Bare prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

(Also at New York, New York Office)