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Bank of America Corp workers have filed a lawsuit claiming the company failed to pay overtime and other wages. The suit seeks nationwide class-action status on behalf of employees at Bank of America retail branches and call centers over the past three years. The lawsuit, which was filed June 4, 2010, alleges the bank violated overtime laws in Californi... - California Overtime $1.5 Million Settlement Up for Final Approval in April
Feb-8-16 Los Angeles, CA: It was in December of last year that an overtime pay laws class action was quietly granted preliminary approval for a $1.5 million settlement. Plaintiffs in the action are looking forward to April 12, the date during which arguments for final approval will be heard. The defendant in the overtime pay lawsuit in California is Restorat... - Workers Win $600,000 Settlement in Overtime Lawsuit
Washington, DC: Employees of the Rockville-based Hann & Hann Construction Services have won their overtime lawsuit, with the award of a $600,000 settlement to be paid to current and former workers. According to a report in the Washington Post the construction company will pay "overtime plus 50 percent to every hourly employee who worked for the comp... - BJ's Wholesale Club Reaches Tentative $9 Million Settlement in Overtime Class Action
New York, NY : A $9.3 million settlement of an overtime pay class action lawsuit against BJ's Wholesale Club Inc has been reached. The settlement, which is subject to Court approval, is intended to resolve claims that BJ's misclassified certain Mid Manager employees as exempt from receiving overtime for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. Pla... - Employer’s Three Strikes for California Overtime Violations
Aug-21-15 San Diego, CA Kathy and her co-workers believe they are entitled to California overtime for three reasons. If Kathy’s allegations are correct, her employer needs deep pockets to compensate for a number of labor law violations. Kathy works as a line operator and she is required to wear safety and sanitation gear. “We have to come in 10 mi... - Furloughed Workers File Employment Lawsuits
Some Furloughs may be in Violation of California Labor Laws Furloughs A furlough is both a voluntary and involuntary leave of absence from work. A voluntary furlough is basically a vacation; an involuntary furlough is time off without pay or a temporary lay-off, mainly due to employers' economic conditions. Recently many workers have been "furloug... - Nurses Filed Unpaid Wages Lawsuit Against U.S. Nursing Corp
Jan-25-24 Denver, CO Two nurses last month filed a proposed class action against U.S. Nursing Corp, claiming they were underpaid while filling in for workers on strike at Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center last October. And it’s not the first class action facing U.S. Nursing. Plaintiffs Rayshawnda Gilmore and Taneisha McClymont filed their complai... - Bianco Employees Get Their Overtime Pay
Hundreds of settlement checks were distributed today to workers who sued Michael Bianco Inc, alleging that they had been denied overtime pay or were docked wages while employed at the South End leather factory from January 2004 to March 2007. The plaintiffs received anywhere from $20 per check to $6,000. In November, Bianco settled the federal class act... - Caregivers Protest New California Overtime Laws—or Lack Thereof
Mar-1-15 Sacramento, CA More than 400,000 California caregivers were scheduled to receive California overtime and an increase in pay starting in January, but a district court judge ruled against the federal wage law, arguing the changes must be made by legislature. This decision prompted a protest on February 26 by dozens of caregivers and supporters of ca... - Major Victory for Truck Drivers in California Overtime Lawsuit
Feb-19-15 Los Angeles, CA One of the great sources of conflict in California overtime litigation is whether or not workers are considered employees or independent contractors. And although there are times when the matter is clear-cut, for some workers the issue is hazy and based more on industry history than on any legal definitions. But that division can be cos... - Ecolab to Settle Overtime Lawsuit for $2.55 Million
Jun-11-21 San Francisco, CA Parties have asked the Northern District of California to approve an agreement to settle unpaid wages claims against Ecolab. If approved as expected, the settlement would end a lawsuit in which employees claim that they were misclassified as salaried workers and consequently deprived of overtime, double time and unpaid rest perio... - Construction company to pay $19,000 settlement in employment lawsuit.
Madison, WI: (Mar-09-08) Seven Hispanic employees, who worked for Builders Insulation of Germantown, a Milwaukee-area subsidiary of City Wide Insulation of Madison, brought a federal lawsuit against the company, alleging that they did not receive overtime pay and that the company violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. In its defense, the company... - Apparel Overtime, Yellow Rat Bastard agrees to $1.4 million wage and hour violations settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-12-08) The New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo brought charges against Yellow Rat Bastard, a trendy apparel retailer based in SoHo, alleging that it had unpaid wages and overtime violations at it facility. Records show that the suit grew out of a lawsuit that Cuomo's predecessor, Eliot Spitzer filed 14 months ago, seeking more than... - Retail Overtime, McLane Co. Inc. agrees to $1.5 million settlement for misclassifying employees as exempt
Temple, TX: (Feb-07-08) The US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division brought a lawsuit against McLane Co. Inc., headquartered in Temple, Texas, alleging that the wholesale distributor of food and grocery products violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The suit claimed that the company had misclassified employees and did not pay overtime wages... - Save-A-Lot to Pay A lot to Ohio Employment Plaintiffs and Others
Aug-3-14 Cleveland, OH As happens with many multidistrict lawsuits, a class action centered in Connecticut also reaches into Ohio and other states, qualifying the litigation for allegations under Ohio Labor Employment Law . The issue involves assistant store managers working for Moran Foods LLC in various states, including Ohio. The claim alleges Moran Foods... - Sanitation Overtime, Raleigh agreed to pay city workers $60,000 settlement
Raleigh, NC: (Nov-15-07) Over 45 sanitation workers brought charges against the city, alleging that it did not pay them for services rendered and overtime work. The long ensuing suit had a recent development, when the City Council approved a settlement that could pay the workers up to $15,000 in their complaints about unpaid work. Records show that the pay... - Claims Investigator Overtime, City of Palo Alto pays former employee $335,000 settlement for unpaid overtime
Palo Alto, CA: (Nov-01-07) Casey O'Neill, former Palo Alto claims investigator, brought charges against the city in August 2005, alleging that she was owed overtime wages for her work in the city attorney's office. She later alleged that she faced retaliation after she filed suit against the city. Following a series of cost-benefit analysis, the city agree... - School Bus Drivers' Overtime, Palm Beach County School pays drivers and attendants $1.3 million employee overtime settlement
Palm Beach, FL: (Oct-31-07) Several school bus drivers and attendants brought charges against the Palm Beach County School Board, alleging that they were not properly paid for services they rendered to the school, including overtime. As part of a settlement reached between the parties, the Palm Beach County School Board agreed to pay school bus drivers and... - Ninth Circuit Upholds Flight Attendants’ Claims for Overtime, Rest and Meal Breaks
Mar-17-21 San Francisco, CA On February 23, the Ninth Circuit largely upheld a District Court grant of summary judgment to flight attendants in their class action lawsuit against Virgin America. Bernstein v. Virgin America Inc. alleged that the airline had failed to pay minimum wage and overtime and permit meal and rest breaks, as required by California labor l... - California Lawsuit Results in $21 Million Settlement
May-28-14 Mira Loma, CA California wage and overtime laws require workers to be paid for any hours they work, but more and more wage and unpaid overtime lawsuits allege that companies routinely violate these laws and fail to give employees either regular or overtime pay. As a result, employees are turning to the courts, to fight against employers they say treat...