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Apr-11-09 Fort Wayne, IN An interesting unpaid overtime case is unfolding in the state of Indiana involving police officers in Fort Wayne and a police department that's trying to save some money. In the process, the department might be shooting itself—figuratively—in the foot. Here's the story. For the past number of years Fort Wayne police officers have be... - Red Lobster Workers Seeing Red
Aug-20-24 Baltimore, MD A Red Lobster employee has filed a proposed wage and hour class action in federal court accusing the seafood chain of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Maryland Wage and Hour Law. The plaintiff claims the company has not been paying its tipped employees all their wages owed . Rather, workers are paid less than minimum wage wi... - Reality Check: California Labor Law and the Dreaded Furlough
Feb-3-09 Sacramento, CA California labor law is designed to protect workers from unfavorable behavior on the part of employers. The problem: recent efforts by the State of California to mandate furloughs as a means to save money serves as an affront to California state labor law and the very statutes the state sponsored in the first place. And now, the private se... - Walmart Wage Statement Lawsuit and $35M Settlement
Jan-10-23 Los Angeles, CA Walmart has agreed to settle for $35 a wage-and-hour class action lawsuit filed in 2017 alleging the retail giant failed to provide accurate wage statements to employees and therefore violated California labor law . In his lawsuit, plaintiff James Evans argued that an inaccurate wage statement is the same as “not providing any... - California Labor Law: Assistant Managers Don't Count
Dec-7-08 Carson, CA Glenn says he would have made more money and worked less hours if he was paid an hourly wage rather than a salary. "All assistant managers were required to work 10-hour days and we ate our lunch standing up," says Glenn. "According to the California Labor Law , I am owed overtime compensation. "Four years ago, I was hired as an assistant ma... - California Independent Contractor Rules Collapse in Confusion
Nov-24-18 San Diego, CA In 2015 Jesus Cuitlahuac Garcia, a taxi driver, filed a California unpaid wages lawsuit against Border Transportation Group (BTG) claiming unpaid wages, wrongful termination and a variety of related labor law violations. In October 2018, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District handed Mr. Garcia an apparently empty vic... - Interview with Attorney Alan Crone on Overtime
Jul-8-08 Memphis, TN Attorney Alan Crone is senior partner of the Memphis-based Crone & Mason PL. This is a law firm that prizes teamwork to tackle complex relationship cases, whether they surface in business to business, family and/or employment law. In this interview, Crone helps navigate the intricacies of overtime law. Crone has no trouble finding clients... - California Unpaid Overtime: Electricians Taking Contractors to Court
Jun-12-08 Santa Barbara, CA A class action lawsuit has been filed against two regional contractors based in California, alleging various labor violations including unpaid California overtime . ACS Construction, and Melchiori Construction were the target of an action filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court that will seek at least $1 million in purported lo... - California Unpaid Overtime: Missed Meal Breaks Equals Extra Hours
Jun-6-08 Sacramento, CA It may be subject to interpretation, but the fact remains that any individual required to work through meal, and other breaks without compensation are not only missing their breaks, but are also effectively working, over the course of the week, more hours than the standard work week allows. Could this, too, be another example of California... - SuperShuttle International Inc: Allegations that Drivers are Made to Pay the Freight
May-24-08 Sacramento, CA In a case that gets right down to where the rubber hits the road, employees of a California shuttle company are hoping that a class-action lawsuit will shift their case into overdrive, and force their employer to ante up millions of dollars in unpaid overtime . Employees of SuperShuttle International Inc. allege that their employer has... - CA overtime: On the Sixth Day...
Apr-22-08 Turlock, CA John L is a bio-medical technician at a hospital that recently changed his and many other employees' work week. "Although we work 80 hours over two weeks, we work six days in a row," says John. He contends that on the sixth day, overtime should be paid. And he contends that his employer is violating the California overtime labor law. "We n... - Cathay Pacific Pilots Flying High in California with $16.65M Settlement
Jul-31-24 Los Angeles, CA Airline workers in California are likely flying high with news that Cathay Pacific pilots will receive $16.65M to resolve a wage and hour class action lawsuit filed back in 2017. The pilots claimed the airline violated California’s labor laws relating to meal and rest periods, overtime and reserve duty pay – in some instances... - Are Tutors Independent Contractors or Employees Under the California Labor Code?
Sep-6-18 San Francisco, CA: The education company General Assembly agreed to pay $1million to settle an overtime lawsuit brought by two former full-time tutors ( education instructors) who taught at the company’s San Francisco campus. This California labor law settlement may have implications for similar companies that hire independent contractors to work in th... - SoCal Drywall Company Fined $1.9M for Wage Theft Violations
Aug-7-18 Fullerton, CA According to California’s Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, it is a known problem: construction companies often pay workers a flat rate rather than for all hours worked, in order to evade having to pay workers the rate required under state laws. This is wage theft, and it is a violation of California state labor laws . The state Lab... - Overtime Retail Workers: "I'm Christmas-ed Out"
Dec-21-07 Colorado Springs, CO: Retail chain Michael's Inc. requires their salaried store managers to work 50 hours per week but Kay and many others in management spend at least 80 percent of their time completing tasks outside of managing—such as stocking shelves and even cleaning bathrooms—up to 60 hours per week, with no overtime . "We got so Christ... - California Overtime Entitlement
Dec-11-07 San Jose, CA Mike Morgan (not his real name) was promoted from an hourly part time job to a new "fill-in" position as video-conferencer: a gray area, somewhere between part-time and full time. But his employer did make it clear that Morgan was exempt and therefore not entitled to overtime . However, the California Labor Law states that he is entitled... - Assisted Living Operator to Settle Wage and Hour Lawsuit for $9.5 Million
Oct-18-22 Sacramento, CA Frontier Management LLC will pay $9.5 million to settle a California labor lawsuit brought by roughly 1,000 workers who were not paid for work required before they clocked in, after they clocked out and during meal breaks. Wright v. Frontier Management , as originally filed, alleged nine causes of action under the federal Fai... - Overworked and Underpaid: Portrait of a California IT Worker
May-23-07 Sacramento, CA For Claudia, Christmas Eve 2003 was a night to remember, for all the wrong reasons. At the time, Claudia, an Information Technology (IT) sector worker , was working for CUDL (CU Direct Corporation), a financial services firm specializing in car loans, headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. "The company closed at 2 pm, so the employees co... - California Overtime Claims to include Meals and Rest Time Pay
May-10-07 Sacramento, CA California employers facing lawsuits for unpaid overtime have been handed a new billion-dollar headache. The California Supreme Court has overturned an appeals court decision, and has ruled unanimously that claims for unpaid meal and rest times are the same as claims for unpaid wages, and that such claims can go back as far as three year... - I.T. Overtime: California Dreamin'
May-7-07 Milpitas, CA If you're a computer geek, this is for you. We know you can read this, because you spend practically every waking moment of every day in the dim glow of your computer screen - problem-solving, beta-testing, working out the bugs. Maybe you're at your cubicle right now, or maybe you're at home on your own system. No matter. The point is, you'...