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Nov-16-09 San Francisco, CA A small group of workers in the Golden State are making more than double their annual salaries due to a lack of comprehensive California overtime laws regulating the amount of overtime an employee can work. A recent report from the California state auditor claims that over the past five years the state has paid $2.1 billion in over... - Wal-Mart Breaks for California Employees
May-6-19 Los Angeles, CA: Every time an employee at a Wal-Mart fulfillment center in Chino, California wanted to leave the building they were required to go through anti-theft metal detectors. This time-consuming process cut into 30-minute lunch breaks, unless of course you didn’t leave the building to eat lunch. And on April 12, 2019 a federal district court jur... - Overtime Pay: Who is Protecting Your Rights?
Jun-2-09 Washington, DC When it comes to overtime pay who is protecting your rights? You might think the Department of Labor (DOL) is taking care of ensuring overtime laws are being properly followed. However, according to a March 2009, report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the DOL's Wage and Hour Division may not be doing all that well at enfor... - Unpaid Overtime Goes to the Dogs
May-13-09 Cedar Rapids, IA It can be an unpaid overtime violation involving thousands of people, or the stiffing of just a few—but in the end the unfairness is the same. According to general labor laws workers should be paid for the work they perform, regardless of where it is or when it is. And when you work more than your allotted hours, there should be additi... - California IT Overtime: Computer Programmers Taken Advantage Of
Jan-1-09 San Diego, CA A few years ago, when you first became a California software developer , you probably thought working with computers would be the best job ever, not the nightmare it became. In fact, if you are like many computer professionals, you have probably been asked to work many hours of overtime without proper compensation because you were misclassif... - California Unpaid Overtime: Chevron Profits More than Gas
May-28-08 Manteca, CA "Chevron is making so much money, I don't know why they don't abide by the minimum wage law," says Carol. "One cashier makes less than minimum wage ($7.75) and I get $9.50 per hour, but if you add up my unpaid overtime , that counts as a violation of the California overtime laws." Carol just started working as a supervisor at a Chevron g... - California Worker Finds Comp Time for Overtime Never Materializes
Mar-30-08 Santa Clara, CA: When Terrence started working for Siemens at a Microsoft lab in California; he didn't realize that all his overtime would be unpaid. But that is exactly what happened. To make matters worse, when he complained he couldn't continue to work for free, he was fired. Terrence worked as a lab manager, responsible for image servers and work st... - California Drywaller Sued for Denying Breaks and Overtime Pay
Feb-6-08 Los Angeles, CA: Edmund G. Brown, the California Attorney General is suing one of the largest drywall contractors in Los Angeles, Interwell Development Systems, for "cheating" hundreds of their employees out of approximately $5 million in benefits and wages. Interwall employed what Brown calls, "a sophisticated and heartless scheme" that involved severa... - Double Whammy: Overtime without Pay leads to Termination
Feb-5-08 Oakland, CA Henry Adams worked as a program manager in the IT department at Kaiser Permanente. "When I was hired by Kaiser three years ago, I was told that my salary was to be based on a 40-hour week," says Adams. But just one year later, he was often working an average of 16 hours a day, until he got his walking papers. Adams didn't get any overtime pay... - California Labor Law: Overtime does Apply
Nov-14-07 San Bernardino, CA David Salas worked at a small 'Mom & Pop" plumbing company for about 10 years. According to Salas, everything was going well until Frassica Plumbing hired an outside company to handle its payroll. They were way outside. In fact, this payroll company was so far away that they told employees the California labor law did not apply to t... - Overtime Stress Takes Toll on IT Workers: Lawsuits in California
Jul-12-07 San Jose, CA: According to findings presented before a conference of computer programmers, IT workers have high divorce rates, routinely work overtime and are routinely given deadlines that can lead to pressure-cooker situations. Furthermore, many IT workers do not realize that their rights are being violated when they are denied overtime pay by their... - California Company Skimming Unpaid Overtime
Jun-12-07 San Diego, CA: Jennifer Teamer was told that she would be a salaried employee and make $400 weekly based on a 40-hour week. However, when it came time to sign the contract, she was told her salary would be based on 45 hours. There was no mention of overtime but Teamer knew her rights. "I started working for this courier company on Valentine's Day, 200... - Utah Business Ordered to Pay Employees $600k for Overtime Violations
Sep-8-22 Salt Lake City, UT A tile company has been ordered to pay its employees over $600K in back wages after an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor. C&E Stone Masonry paid its 127 employees straight time for all hours worked, including hours over 40 in a workweek when the overtime premium was required, reported the local News Stat... - One California Overtime Case Settled while another Begins
Oct-17-06 San Francisco, CA One major California overtime class action suit has been settled, but another is just starting up. As Wells Fargo announced that its overtime lawsuit had been settled, a suit was filed against the San Francisco News-Press. Both lawsuits allege that employers did not pay employees for working overtime. On Monday, October 9, Wells... - California Judge Refuses $2.25 Walmart Unpaid Overtime Deal
Jun-4-24 San Bernardino, CA An unpaid overtime lawsuit deal between Walmart and 1,700 workers appeared to be close to settling for $2.25 million after plaintiffs were instructed by a California federal judge to fix deficiencies in the settlement's distribution method. This second denial involves plaintiff Juan Garcia’s request for a $20,000 i... - Amazon California Labor Lawsuit: Plaintiff’s Attorney Weighs In
Jul-9-17 Oakland, CA: Last month a California labor lawsuit was filed by a former Amazon manager accusing the company of failing to pay him overtime wages because he was misclassified as exempt. “Amazon has the burden to show my client, Michael Ortiz, was properly classified. I have grave doubts it can do that,” says attorney Scott Cole. As well, C... - Former Amazon Manager Sues For Overtime Wages
Jul-4-17 Seattle, WA: A former warehouse manager for Amazon has filed a lawsuit for California overtime violations , claiming that Amazon failed to pay overtime and misclassified his employee status. Michael Ortiz, a former shift manager for Amazon in its San Francisco Bay area warehouses, filed a lawsuit against Amazon in June 2017, claiming that Amazon impr... - Former Exotic Dancer Launches California Overtime Lawsuit
Mar-27-17 Santa Barbara, CA: An exotic dancer who claims to have received no compensation of any kind from the owners of the gentleman’s club for whom she briefly worked, has filed a putative class action lawsuit in a California court alleging violations of state overtime pay laws , and similar violations against the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)... - Unpaid Work After Shift Ends Can Equate to Unpaid Wages
Dec-1-16 Sacramento, CA: An unpaid wages lawsuit that began a few years ago against Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill (Chipotle) took on an added dimension back in September when a US Congresswoman urged the US Department of Labor (DOL) to investigate Chipotle for alleged wage theft. The lawsuit, together with overtures by US Representative Rosa D... - California Farm Workers Could Receive Bump in Overtime Pay
Aug-31-16 Sacramento, CA: California farm workers may now receive additional overtime pay after the California legislature voted to establish new farm worker overtime laws. And although the move does not directly address donning and doffing laws, those farm workers who have filed donning and doffing lawsuits could find themselves being paid overtime for hours sp...