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Feb-28-14 Los Angeles, CA A California overtime lawsuit has resulted in a $3.2 million settlement with Sears Roebuck & Co. The lawsuit alleged Sears violated overtime laws by not including commissions when it calculated employees’ overtime pay. The settlement has received preliminary approval from the judge. Approximately 18,000 Sears employees are... - California Overtime Lawsuit Settled
Jul-14-13 Los Angeles, CA A California overtime lawsuit, filed by mechanics who alleged their employer failed to pay them properly according to overtime pay laws, has been settled for approximately $3.5 million. The settlement affects approximately 200 mechanics in California who work for Schneider National Inc. The Journal Sentinel (7/10/13) reports that t... - Call Center Employees Unpaid Wages and Overtime
Santa Clara, CA: Complaints of unpaid wages and unpaid overtime made against call centers by employees in the US are an ongoing problem and a frequent cause of class action lawsuits. In fact, the practices that result in unpaid wages and unpaid overtime among call center employees is so pervasive the US Department of Labor (DOL) has developed a fac... - California Overtime Pay Lawsuit Seeks Compensation for Wearing Safety Gear
Jan-18-13 Monterey, CA Overtime pay laws are typically brought to the fore when employees are made to perform mandated tasks beyond their normal work hours. Work defined as staying late at the office, or putting in additional hours at the lathe in a manufacturing setting. But what about safety gear that takes time to don, and then doff? What if you have to do tha... - Not Paying California Overtime? Misclassified as Exempt No Excuse
Jan-4-13 Los Angeles, CA Trevor, who works for a small IT California consultation/support company, says he and his co-workers have worked thousands of hours in California overtime and they were misclassified the entire time. “We looked into the California labor laws and there is no way that we are exempt,” says Trevor. “A simple Google searc... - Conam Management Faces Wage & Hour Class Action
San Diego, CA: On May 9, 2012 a class action lawsuit was filed against Conam Management Corporation for alleged wage and hour violations. According to the class action complaint filed against Conam Management Corporation, the property management company paid their non-exempt employees a monthly, nondiscretionary bonus based on their performanc... - Overtime Pay Class Action Settled For Over $2 Million
Oct-12-12 Chico, CA A class action lawsuit filed against Tri Counties Bank (the Bank) alleging violations to overtime pay laws in California has been settled at a sum ranging from $2,039,500 to $2,500,000 pending court approval and a determination as to the final number of class participants. According to a Business Wire press release published in the New... - Federal Unpaid Overtime Class Action Filed Against Holiday Inn
Carle Place, NY: Holiday Inn is facing an unpaid wages and overtime class action. Mavis Kemper, a native of Jamaica now living in Cambria Heights, Queens, is a woman with a strong work ethic. A housekeeper at the Holiday Inn in Westbury, Long Island, from June 2005 until January 2012, Kemper, 43, worked tirelessly, often working six days per week from... - Class-Action Overtime Pay Lawsuit Launched against CarMax
Apr-11-12 Fresno, CA A sustained ignoring of overtime pay laws by a growing number of employers keeps the courts percolating with unpaid overtime claims, as workers and their representatives fight for their rights under California overtime law. A lawsuit recently launched in Fresno not only claims unpaid overtime for workers in California, but additional workers... - Moving Up to Management—Downhill for California Overtime
Mar-21-12 Willows, CA Scot rues that day when he moved up the United Rentals ladder from mechanic to service manager. As mechanic he got paid a lot of California overtime , and his new job as service manager required even more overtime. But Scot was now on salary, which meant more work and more hours with no overtime compensation. "I worked at United Rentals f... - California Overtime Lawsuits Heat Up in August
Aug-23-11 San Francisco, CA A number of California overtime lawsuits were filed this month, from class-action labor lawsuits against AT&T and Renal Advantage to a California overtime lawsuit filed against the celebrity-owned Shin BBQ. According to Bloomberg Business Week , a federal judge in Georgia has allowed low-level field managers for AT&T's Bel... - A Twisted Case of California Overtime Pay
Jun-25-11 Porterville, CA While it may not necessarily mirror the typical violation of overtime pay laws , a criminal investigation involving the alleged embezzlement of thousands of dollars worth of California overtime acquired through fraudulent means has been traversing a unique road. This particular overtime pay debacle, according to a summary appearing Ju... - Employer Warning: California Overtime in Effect
Jun-17-11 Orange County, CA Employers would be wise to ensure their employees are not misclassified. According to California overtime laws and the California Labor Board , Dameda, a dental office manager, does not perform managerial duties and is therefore owed a lot of overtime pay. Dameda was initially hired in September 2010 as a dental assistant and p... - New Jersey Securities Broker Sues Morgan Stanley for Alleged Overtime Pay Violations
Jun-9-11 Newark, NJ A former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney financial adviser recently filed a lawsuit accusing the company of violating federal overtime labor laws , reports The Record . According to the news source, the overtime pay lawsuit was filed by Nick Pontilena in US District Court in New Jersey on May 31. The suit is the latest to accuse the company o... - Costco Employees Nationwide Join Overtime Class Action
Apr-28-11 Fort Worth, TX Steve is one of thousands of Costco employees who were "held hostage"—they were locked in the store after clocking out while management performed closing duties. And they weren't paid overtime , which is a violation of the United States Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). But Steve might receive his overtime compensation: in December 2... - California Overtime: Hershey Job Title Versus Job Activities
Mar-15-11 San Francisco, CA The Hershey Company is one of many corporations facing a California overtime class action. When will employers realize that your job title doesn't determine whether you are exempt from overtime? The Hershey suit, which was filed on behalf of a San Francisco woman in 2008, alleges that a group of sales representatives were misclass... - LAPD Officer Fired over California Overtime Testimony Awarded Nearly $4 Million
Nov-9-10 Los Angeles, CA Overtime pay laws are often governed not only by regulation, but also by department and corporate policy by way of written guidelines. However, in a recent case in California, it was alleged that overtime pay was also influenced by certain "unwritten" policies. Referencing the alleged unwritten policy cost a California police officer his... - Farm Workers Look for Support in California Overtime Vote
Jul-2-10 Sacramento, CA A sector of workers in the Golden State who were previously denied California overtime for hours worked under 10 per day may get their due with a vote scheduled for July 1 in the California legislature. Currently, certain sectors of workers—including salaried workers and those whose incomes are higher than a mandated threshold (suc... - Nurse Believes She Qualifies for California Overtime
May-27-10 Palmdale, CA Susan, a registered nurse (RN), works about 60 hours per week and wants to know if she is entitled to California overtime . "When I was hired the manager said the job would require occasional overtime, but I was salaried and exempt," she says. "It was okay now and again, but not anymore. Because RNs are exempt, we have been taken advantage... - Cintas Settles Overtime Class Action for $22.75 Million
Cintas Settles Overtime Class Action for $22.75 Million This week hundreds of delivery drivers at the nation's largest uniform provider, Cintas, were notified a $22.75 million settlement agreement had been reached in the class action overtime lawsuit, Veliz v. Cintas Corporation. It was a long road for the uniform delivery drivers, whose suit, filed in...