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Los Angeles, CA: An unpaid overtime class action lawsuit brought against Oracle has reached preliminary settlement with the superior court in Alameda County, California last week granting preliminary approval to a $35 million agreement. A final hearing is set for March and will allow any workers to raise objections or go after individual claims against... - Florida Lawsuits Allege Improprieties against Burger King, Franchisees
Aug-24-15 Lake County, FL A former worker at a Burger King restaurant in Lake County has taken his former employer to court alleging violations to Florida Employment and other labor statutes under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), alleging his former employer altered time cards in order to avoid paying overtime. According to court documents, Matthew Hall c... - The Cheesecake Factory Settles California Janitors Wage Theft Lawsuit
Jan-29-24 Santa Clara, CA If you worked as a janitor at any of eight Cheesecake Factory restaurants in Orange and San Diego counties and were forced to work overtime and/or worked through breaks between 2014 and 2017 without being compensated, the California’s Labor Commissioner’s Office is handing out checks to ex-employees of the restaurant chain and w... - Arkansas Supreme Court Affirms Class-Action Status in Nursing Overtime Lawsuit
Jul-17-15 Little Rock, AR Nurses remain the unsung heroes of medicine, regardless of jurisdiction. Thus, it appears patently unfair and unjust when nurses accuse their employers of stiffing them from overtime for work performed outside of their shifts, and when working through meal breaks. A Nursing Overtime Lawsuit seeking class-action status in Arkansas will g... - Automatic Clock-Out Spells Potential California Overtime Lawsuit
Jun-27-15 Sacramento, CA Employers who have in place automatic clock-out to monitor when employees begin and finish their shift and take meal breaks could be facing a California overtime lawsuit. Attorney Ben Stewart says that “auto clock-out” is prevalent in lots of businesses and the system is increasingly abused, to the detriment of workers. &l... - Car Repair Advisers Entitled to California Overtime
Apr-9-15 Pasadena, CA A federal appeals court decision last month ruled that “service advisers” at car dealerships are entitled to California overtime pay. This ruling is in conflict with the FLSA (Wages and Fair Labor Standards Act) that considers “any salesman, parts man, or mechanic primarily engaged in selling or servicing automobiles... - Entry-Level Manager Sues Amazon for Misclassification
Jul-6-21 Oakland, CA Arguments in Michael Ortiz v. Amazon.com LLC opened in the Northern District of California on June 21, nearly five years after the California wage and hour lawsuit was initially filed . Much has already happened; the court has stripped out claims under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and denied the plaintiffs’ request to... - Ninth Circuit Reverses $102 Million Wage Penalty against Walmart
Jun-24-21 San Francisco, CA On May 28, the Ninth Circuit reversed a decision by the Northern District of California that had required Walmart to pay $102 million in penalties for violations of the California Labor Code. The Ninth Circuit’s decision in Roderick Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates was a blow to thousands of Walmart workers. It may also have sig... - Does Working Double Shift Count for California Overtime? Attorney Weighs In…
Nov-5-14 Los Angeles, CA Andy, who works as a Licensed Vocational Nurse in a Nursing Home, wants to know whether his employer is violating the California labor law by not paying the nurses California overtime when they work a double shift. “I think they are trying to cut costs and finding any loopholes to save money,” Andy says. LawyersandSettlement... - Walgreens Poised to Settle Pharmacy Tech Wage Lawsuit for $3.3 Million
Apr-15-21 Los Angeles, CA On April 15, a federal court in the Central District of California is expected to approve a $3.3 million settlement in Christina Epstein v. Walgreens Pharmacy Services Midwest LLC. The settlement will end a California labor lawsuit brought on behalf of a class of 6,745 pharmacy technicians who allege that Walgreens failed to compens... - Waste Management Settles Unpaid Overtime Suit for $7M
Dedham, MA: A Massachusetts State Court today approved a $7 Million settlement of a class action lawsuit filed against Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc. by the company's garbage truck drivers over prevailing wage violations and unpaid overtime. The litigation has taken nearly five years. In the case of Michael Mullally, et al. v. Waste M... - Health Provider Faces $16.5 Million Hit in Proposed California Overtime Pay Settlement
Aug-21-14 Los Angeles, CA A national health care provider headquartered in Kentucky but sued in California with regard to overtime pay laws and other alleged violations of employment statutes is looking at a $16.5 million bill to settle those allegations. Amongst the claims against Kindred Healthcare Inc. (Kindred), are allegations that Kindred failed to pay overtim... - The California Labor Law File: Two Wins for the Plaintiffs
Aug-11-14 San Francisco, CA Two recent events involving California labor law and other state and federal statutes translate to good news for employees having been stiffed by their employer for overtime pay, or employees suffering from the weight and unfairness of misclassification. With the latter, a California Supreme Court decision upholding the ruling of a... - California Labor Lawsuit Filed by Caregivers
Jun-30-14 San Francisco, CA A California labor lawsuit has been filed by caregivers who allege their employer violated California labor law and federal labor law by denying them proper wages, breaks and overtime pay. According to KQED (6/18/14), caregivers filed the lawsuit against Kindred Healthcare and its subsidiaries, alleging they were forced to work 1... - Strippers and Health Care Workers File California Overtime Lawsuits
May-6-14 San Diego, CA Strippers and Health Care Workers had something in common last month: they both filed California overtime lawsuits - just in time for International Workers’ Day. Prime Healthcare Paradise Valley has been sued for allegedly failing to pay their hourly employees the proper overtime pay and allegedly failing to allow these employees... - What Assemblyman Fox Has in Common with Chipotle Restaurant: California Overtime Lawsuit
Mar-10-14 Los Angeles, CA Question: What does Assemblyman Steve Fox have in common with Chipotle Mexican Grill? Answer: California overtime lawsuit alleging violation of the California labor law by not providing proper breaks and failing to pay minimum wage. When employees are require to perform between 15 and 25 hours per week of free labor, or when workers... - $155 Million Overtime Settlement Approved for Prison Supervisors
Nov-6-23 San Francisco, CA A $155 million overtime settlement filed by current and retired California prison supervisors has been approved by a San Francisco Superior Court Judge. The original California labor lawsuit , dating back to 2008, alleged unpaid overtime wages for tasks performed before and after their shifts. According to the motion for final approva... - IT Personnel Overtime - IT Overtime Pay Laws - LawyersAndSettlements.com
IT Personnel working in a tech or non-tech company are almost always entitled to overtime pay (assuming they are working overtime) because the work they perform tends to be support or maintenance oriented and it does not require the exercise of discretion and independent judgment. Information technology covers a very broad ca... - Wage and Hour Lawsuits, Including Overtime Lawsuits, Up in 2012
Mar-28-13 Los Angeles, CA A recent report suggests that wage and hour settlements are up in 2012 over 2011, with overtime lawsuits making up most of the claims involved in the settled lawsuits. California wage and hour settlements, along with those filed in New York, accounted for most of the settlements. According to the National Economic Research Associates... - Ohio Employment Class-Action Lawsuit Trial Scheduled for November
Feb-23-13 Cincinnati, OH What appears to be a complicated Ohio Employment lawsuit is moving forward with the granting of class certification status for litigation initiated on behalf of Mortgage Loan Officers (MLOs) employed in the state of Ohio and, specifically, by Fifth Third Bank. The issue is overtime and exemption status. According to various sources, M...