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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Los Angeles Sweatshops Cited for Wage and Hour Violations
Oct-14-18 Los Angeles, CA In early September 2018, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office fined six garment contractors a total of $573,704 for labor law violations after uncovering a scheme where the contractors operated illegally under one license to avoid complying with California wage and hour laws. But what happens to the workers? Garment workers mak... - New Jersey Win for Johnson & Johnson and Los Angeles Mistrials in Asbestos –Mesothelioma Cancer Talc Trials
Oct-17-18 Los Angeles, CA Within two weeks of each other, two juries in California failed to reach a verdict on the same issues regarding asbestos-talc claims , resulting in two mistrials. Nine votes are needed for a verdict on claims that J&J was guilty of negligence, failure to warn about the risk of asbestos and marketing defective products. On Sept 24, the sixt... - Victory for Tipped Employees -- Bad News for Tennessee Based Restaurant Chain
Oct-18-18 Nashville, TN: The Ninth Circuit gave the green light last month for bartenders and servers to sue restaurants--including a Tennessee based chain-- for allegedly underpaying them regarding tipping, a violation of the federal and Tennessee labor law . The cases were consolidated on appeal as Marsh v. J. Alexander’s and remanded for further proceedings... - Donning and Doffing in Tennessee – Clothes or Protective Equipment?
Oct-12-18 Nashville, TN: Over the past several years Tennessee has experienced a number of Tennessee labor lawsuits by employees demanding compensation for “donning and doffing” (putting on and taking off) clothing such as uniforms and protective gear before and after their shift. While the time it takes to “don and doff” may seem incidental and trivia... - Digital Federal Credit Union Snared in Excessive Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Oct-3-18 Boston, MA The allegations in the latest excessive overdraft fees lawsuit against Digital Federal Credit Union (DFCU) may seem familiar by now. It is about two different ways of calculating an account balance – one which the consumer saw, and the other, lower number, which DFCU kept much closer to the vest. Similar lawsuits have been filed against L... - Mother with Post-Partum Depression Denied Disability Benefits by Hartford
Oct-10-18 Chicago, IL: Even though Angela tried to return to work after suffering from postpartum depression, her boss advised that she apply for long term disability with Hartford Health Insurance. But Hartford didn’t agree with Angela’s boss. “I was pregnant and my job was very stressful at the time. I talked with my supervisors and they said I should a... - Google Gmail is “Creepy”, says a Non-Gmail User Filing Complaint
Oct-11-18 San Francisco, CA: If you are one of the 1.4 billion Gmail users around the globe, you are likely more than familiar with annoying online ads. But so too are email users who didn’t sign up to Gmail. People like Rick, who is fed up with barrages of ads. And people like Rick are filing Google complaints. “I’m also concerned about privacy for any r... - Wage Theft Investigations at California Restaurants
Oct-8-18 Sacramento, CA: The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has been busy following up on reports of unpaid wages, tips and overtime. Some employees were paid less than $5 an hour and typically worked more than 10 hours a day with no meal or rest breaks, which violates the California labor law . “Long hours with no breaks and sub-minimum wages are cla... - Trunk Club Settles California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit for $1.75 Million
Sep-21-18 Los Angeles, CA The District Court for the Central District of California has approved an agreement under which Trunk Club, Inc., a Nordstrom-owned personal styling service, will pay $1.75 million to settle a class action California unpaid wages lawsuit . The settlement amount will be divided among 3,000 stylists located throughout the country. Un... - Skirting around Donning and Doffing
Oct-4-18 Santa Clara, CA: California wage and hour laws get complicated, particularly donning and doffing issues in the manufacturing industry. While federal and state laws agree that employers are required to compensate employees for all “work” performed, they often differ on whether donning and doffing is considered work. When employees are paid hourly... - California Donning and Doffing on the Clock?
Sep-26-18 Sacramento, CA: Workers in California, from farm harvesters to computer technicians, can’t come to terms with the California labor law regarding donning and doffing—putting on and taking off employer-mandated uniforms, clothing and safety gear, even though a number of donning and doffing lawsuits have settled in favor of the employee. The employer... - Exotic Dancers Bring California Labor Lawsuit to Recover Back Wages
Sep-18-18 Santa Ana, CA By a July 18, 2018 Order , the Superior Court of Orange County ruled that the new Dynamex “ABC” test for determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors should be applied retroactively. The decision in Dynamex v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County was already expected to have far reaching consequences... - Cash America Pawn Managers Deserve Overtime, Too
Sep-25-18 Memphis, TN: Misclassifying store managers and assistant managers as exempt to avoid paying overtime is pervasive, particularly in the retail industry. Increasingly, however, employees such as managers at Cash America Pawn are understanding their rights and employers should understand that the potential consequences can be costly. Some retail employ... - Amputees Fighting for Insurance Coverage Get Tips from Blue Cross Antitrust Lawsuit
Sep-20-18 Wilmington, DE As amputees fight for insurance coverage for advanced, microprocessor- assisted prostheses, it can help to look at other insurance lawsuits that describe a similar pattern of claims denials. LifeWatch Services v. Highmark is actually an antitrust lawsuit dealing with telemetry cardiac monitors. Nonetheless, a recent opinion in the T... - Valsartan Recall Lawsuits Filed over Alleged Carcinogenic Contaminants
Sep-17-18 Washington, DC On August 27, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration published updated press information that expands its original July 17 valsartan recall notice. Sixteen companies have now announced voluntary recalls of blood pressure and heart medications. Valsartan is an off-patent component of several commonly prescribed drugs used to treat hig... - Prosthetic Denial Lawsuits Filed against UnitedHealth Group and Anthem under ERISA
Sep-24-18 Santa Clara, CA: Prosthetics with a variety of microprocessors are the new “wearable technology” and they’re making headlines. Companies have designed the devices with accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers, state-of-the-art and cutting edge technology. But they aren’t available for every amputee who wants this advanced prosthetic limb techn... - New California Class Action Lawsuit Targets Deceptive Bank Fees
Sep-11-18 San Diego, CA Bank fees are growing rapidly, and consumers are feeling the pinch. Furthermore, many customers feel that they are somehow being hoodwinked into paying hidden, undisclosed costs. On August 2, 2018, Reyna McGovern filed a class action excessive bank fees lawsuit against U.S. Bank, N.A. (US Bank). Her lawsuit tackles two thorny issues:... - California Court Saves Class Action Wage Claims from Forced Arbitration
Sep-7-18 San Francisco, CA On August 14, 2018, the California Court of Appeals preserved a worker’s right to bring a class action wage lawsuit against Robert Half International (RHI). RHI tried to force Jessica Gentry to arbitrate, alone, her claim that she was cheated out of pay for the time she spent prepping for assignments. The California Labor Code r... - Wheeler v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Seeks LTD Benefits for Injured Seaman
Sep-14-18 San Diego, CA Christopher Wheeler was a Coxswain/Diesel mechanic, a contractor doing heavy physical work for the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet. On March 17, 2015, he was badly injured during a storm at sea off Bahrain. Hospitals and rehab landed him a computer job for which he had no aptitude or training. When that didn’t work out, his employer, Exelis, Inc. ter... - Employment Attorney Alan Crone Discusses Main Reasons for Overtime Complaints
Sep-14-18 Memphis,TN: “We are seeing an increase in overtime complaints and in turn wage and hour lawsuits, such as the recent Cash America Pawnshop overtime lawsuit,” says employment attorney Alan Crone. Fortunately, the government and attorneys are cracking down on employers who deny employers their rights and they are helping workers to get what they are ow...