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Sort by date 1,262 pages found matching overtime- More On-Demand Companies Face California Overtime Lawsuits
Mar-21-15 San Francisco, CA From car services to cleaning companies, the on-demand economy is surging. But California overtime laws may slow them down. Lawsuits filed in 2013 against Uber and Lyft are pending, and it comes as no surprise that more recent lawsuits have been filed against start-ups with similar business models: housecleaning company Homejoy and de... - $1.6M Settlement Reached in Vitamix Unpaid Wage And Hour Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Cruz, CA: A $1.6 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid wage and hour class action lawsuit brought by former sales representatives for Vitamix againt the blender manufacturer and employment agency Kelly Services Inc. Defendant Vita-Mix Corp, makes and markets high-end household and commercial blenders. The company employs sales pers... - $4.4M Settlement Final in Brickman Group Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Scranton, PA: Final approval of a $4.4 million settlement has been granted ending an employment class action lawsuit involving hundreds of employees of The Brickman Group Ltd. LLC (now Brightview Landscapes LLC). The plaintiffs claims filed in their October 2013 lawsuit that Brickman Group underpaid overtime to its salary-paid Supervisors by u... - Massive California Labor Ruling Victory for California Workers
Jan-9-15 San Francisco, CA The California Supreme Court last week ruled that workers who are required to stay at a worksite, such as security guards and domestic employees, should be compensated for all their hours, including sleep time. This decision may open the flood gates for California overtime claims. It has the potential to affect every on-call worker... - $19.1M Settlement Reached in TGI Friday's Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A $19.1 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action lawsuit pending against TGI Friday’s. The putative class consists of some 28,800 TGI Friday’s workers who alleged the restaurant chain violated multiple state land federal labor laws. According to the terms of the proposed agreement, the workers wo... - California Overtime Lawsuit Filed against Cleaning Company
Nov-29-14 Marina del Rey, CA Plaintiffs who worked for a cleaning company have filed a California overtime lawsuit alleging they were misclassified as contractors and not paid properly for overtime in violation of overtime pay laws. The lawsuit also alleges failure to pay minimum wage and failure to provide proper rest breaks. According to court documents (fo... - Off-the-Clock Work Lawsuits Combine to $9 Million in Settlements
Nov-7-14 Fort Worth, TX Two separate unpaid wages lawsuits that alleged off-the-clock work required of employees before their paid workday even began, have recently settled and the settlement amounts approved. Combined, the settlements add up to $9 million: $3 million in a settlement reached with defendant SuperMedia Inc., and $6 million in a similar settlement... - $3.75M Preliminary Settlement Reached in California Unpaid Overtime Class Action
Santa Clara, CA: Kellogg Brown & Root LLC has agreed to pay a $3.75 million settlement ending a California overtime and labor law class action lawsuit brought by construction workers who allege the company shorted them on meal periods as well as wages. The 137 plaintiffs had worked on the Molycorp Mountain Pass rare earth facility in Mountain... - Burberry Reaches $2.5M Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: A $2.54 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit pending against Burberry Limited. The lawsuit was filed by workers who alleged the high end clothing retailer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York labor law. The complaint was filed by a group of New York sales... - Victoria's Secret Reaches $12M Deal In California Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $12 million settlement has been reached in a California overtime and labor laws class action lawsuit pending against Victoria’s Secret. If approved, the deal will end allegations brought by sales clerks in Victoria’s Secret’s California stores that the company failed to properly compensate workers scheduled for "... - Sports Overtime Pay Lawsuits Filed in California
Jul-20-14 Los Angeles, CA While overtime pay lawsuits might be more commonly associated with commerce and technology companies - especially when it comes to misclassification of employees - one recently filed overtime pay lawsuit alleges athletes in a professional league have been misclassified. Meanwhile, a wage lawsuit filed in March by baseball players accuse... - $3.9M SpaceX Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement Finalized
Santa Clara, CA: A $3.9 million settlement has received final approval in an California unpaid overtime law class action lawsuit pending against Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX). The suit alleged that SpaceX failed to adequately compensate its non-exempt employees for normal and overtime work and didn’t adequately provide require... - $227M Settlement Final in FedEx Drivers Employment Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $227 million settlement agreement has received final approval ending an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit between FedEx Corp and its drivers in 19 states. The plaintiffs alleged they were misclassified as independent contractors by FedEx, rather than full time workers, and were therefore undercompensated. According to settle... - $900K Settlement Final in Thrifty Payless Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $900,000 settlement of an unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit pending against Thrifty Payless Inc, has received final approval. The lawsuit will resolve claims brought by 7,400 current and former employees of the drugstore chain. The complaint was filed by Oscar Willis Jr. and Renee Ortiz who alleged that Thrifty Payl... - Staples Subsidiary Hit with Off-the-Clock Work Lawsuit
May-9-14 Los Angeles, CA An oft-cited lawsuit in the world of egress/regress and off the clock work is the Amazon action that saw a vast collection of employees working at Amazon’s sprawling sort facilities crying foul over having to line up for bag checks and other forms of security, allegedly on their own time. However, Amazon is not the only alleged of... - Unpaid Overtime Class Action Against Taco Bell Filed in Illinois
Detroit, MI A Taco Bell franchisee is facing an employment class action lawsuit representing some 520 past and present Taco Bell employees who work at various locations across Michigan. The defendant, Brighton-based Sundance, owns more than 150 Taco Bell restaurants in several states. According to the complaint, the company illegally doctored emplo... - Texas Employment Lawsuit Alleges Wage and Hour Infractions
Apr-16-14 San Antonio, TX A franchisee with several retail establishments under three banners and who apparently prides himself on having happy employees has been hit with a Texas Employment lawsuit alleging unpaid overtime and unpaid work through tasks that were allegedly performed off the clock. The allegations, if proven, circumvent provisions entrenched i... - Feds Stick Up for the Little Guy and Ohio Employee Rights
Apr-3-14 Akron, OH Anyone burned by an employer attempting to circumvent Ohio Labor Laws can take solace in the fact that even an employer who closes shop and attempts to shield oneself from responsibility, is not immune to prosecution after the fact. To that end, even the federal government is involved in an attempt to secure back wages and overtime for a grou... - California Overtime Lawsuit Settled for $4.7 Million
Jan-18-14 Mira Loma, CA An overtime pay laws action against the operator of a warehouse that handled merchandise for Wal-Mart culminated in a settlement worth $4.7 million, the Los Angeles Times (12/11/13) reports. The lawsuit represented more than 500 workers who toiled at a warehouse operated by Schneider Logistics. While the amount each worker might expect... - California Nursing Home Overtime Settlement
Jan-5-21 Los Angeles, CA A California labor lawsuit claiming wage and labor violations has finally been agreed upon for $3 million. The Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), originally filed in 2015, sought to represent over 250 former and current nursing home workers employed by Five Star Quality Care Inc. The 2015 lawsuit, filed in San Bernardino County...