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Jun-14-19 Los Angeles, CA Residential care workers can win California unpaid wages lawsuits when they sue their employers for wage theft and other illegal employment practices. That’s the good news. But the bad news is that they are still having trouble getting paid, and the violations of California state labor laws continue. Much has been written about the p... - Massachusetts Donning & Doffing Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Among unpaid wages claims are allegations that employees should be paid for donning and doffing --time spent putting on and taking off uniforms, protective gear, and other work-related clothing. Massachusetts donning and doffing lawsuits allege workers in Massachusetts were not properly paid for all time spent in activities that were necessary for their... - PDC Officers Arrested over Violations of Theft of Overtime Pay in California
Feb-15-10 Porterville, CA The commander of the Porterville Development Center (PDC) and his lieutenant were arrested this week under allegations that they embezzled overtime pay in California . Commander Jeff Lewis Bradley was found to be complicit in fraudulent overtime claims by lieutenant Scott Anthony Gardner, allowing the lieutenant to earn thousands of dol... - Amazon.com Faces Lawsuit over Overtime Pay
Dec-8-09 Seattle, WA Warehouse employees working for online book distributer Amazon.com have recently filed a lawsuit against the retailer, alleging that it has reduced the overtime pay of more than 21,000 workers across the country. Company policy has managers rounding start and end times for shifts to the nearest quarter hour, which the lawsuit claims has co... - Labor Department: Minnesota company violated overtime pay laws
Oct-20-09 St. Paul, MN The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against a company's president who reportedly did not pay approximately 250 employees the federal minimum wage or overtime pay. Franklin Drywall and its president Philip Franklin are accused of "repeatedly and willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)" by not paying earned wages... - United Airlines California Wage Statement Settlement
Feb-21-23 Los Angeles, CA Many of us don’t realize that by providing accurate and complete information in pay stubs, workers’ rights are protected. With that in mind, it helps to understand why a federal judge at the beginning of February granted preliminary approval of a whopping $53.5 million class action and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) settle... - California Truckers Keep Trucking – by the Hour
Apr-17-19 Los Angeles, CA: The Supreme Court’s decision in March to reject the California Trucking Association’s appeal regarding workers illegally misclassified by companies as independent contractors is a victory for the California Labor Commissioner, truckers and teamsters. While the decision doesn’t set a standard for determining whether an independent dri... - Kroger Slammed with Wage Theft Class Action Lawsuits
Feb-14-23 Cincinnati, OH Kroger Co. is facing four class action lawsuits filed by its employees in five states alleging the Cincinnati-based grocery giant engaged in widespread wage theft stemming from repeated and ongoing problems with its payroll system. Thousands of employees across the U.S. have been affected, including some workers reporting they waited... - California Labor Law: Working Round the Clock
Aug-14-09 Sacramento, CA Over the years, LawyersandSettlements has interviewed many disgruntled hourly employees who have worked over and above their 40-hour work week and have not received overtime pay, contrary to the California Labor Law . From IT employees to maintenance workers , employers are increasingly 'squeezing' their employees to work more ho... - California Ranch Operator Says Judge is Biased in Second Wage Theft Class Action
Feb-9-23 Napa, CA California ranch operator Anthony Vineyards Inc. and labor contractor Sycamore Labor Inc. have requested that a federal judge be disqualified from a proposed wage theft class action. They claim Judge Ana de Alba is biased due to her previous activism and legal work on behalf of farmworkers. A group of vineyard workers claim they were shorted lunch... - Jamba Juice Feels the Squeeze in California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
Mar-11-19 Los Angeles, CA Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl has approved Jamba Juice’s offer to settle a class action California unpaid wages lawsuit for $1.95 million. The plaintiffs in Arteaga v. Jamba Juice claimed that the smoothie chain forced nearly 5,500 employees to work off the clock – through meal breaks and without proper overtime p... - California FedEx Driver’s Misclassification Lawsuit Settles
Jan-6-23 Santa Clara, CA A former linehaul driver for FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. brought a California misclassification lawsuit against FedEx – the poster child for independent contractor misclassification claims. A California federal judge last November agreed to end the lawsuit just days after the driver's proposed class action was denied. A... - Mortgage Loan Officers Entitled to Rest Periods
Jan-3-23 San Francisco, CA A California federal judge ruled that PNC Bank violated the California labor code by failing to pay mortgage loan officers for rest breaks. The complaint stems from an unpaid rest break lawsuit that was filed back in 2018. PNC Lawsuit Time Frame Aug 2018: Two months after plaintiff Tanseer Kazi filed the lawsuit, P... - California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit Goes to Jail
Dec-7-18 San Diego, CA A year and a half ago, Sylvester Owino and Jonathan Gomez filed a California unpaid wages lawsuit against CoreCivic, a for-profit business that runs private prisons, including the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego. The lawsuit alleges violations of federal human trafficking laws and California labor laws relating to minimum wage,... - California Labor Law: Blame Everything on E-Time
Aug-7-08 Oakland, CA James has been working for an automotive retail company since 1981—a loyal, hard-working employee. He deserves better than a cut in pay and other screw-ups with his wages due to his employer violating the California labor law . The troubles started in 1995 when James, then a manager, was told that the store didn't generate enough sales to... - California Labor Law: Exemption Gray Area
Jul-9-08 Sacramento, CA: Darlene was promoted to manager after working as an hourly employee for several years. At first she welcomed her promotion: it meant a salaried position and more responsibility and it was time she moved ahead with her career. But in retrospect, Darlene says she would have made more money as an hourly employee, such is the interpretation of... - Donning and Doffing in Tennessee – Clothes or Protective Equipment?
Oct-12-18 Nashville, TN: Over the past several years Tennessee has experienced a number of Tennessee labor lawsuits by employees demanding compensation for “donning and doffing” (putting on and taking off) clothing such as uniforms and protective gear before and after their shift. While the time it takes to “don and doff” may seem incidental and trivia... - California Unpaid Overtime: Employee Stands Up for his Rights
Jun-4-08 Bakersfield, CA Stan's employer thought he was exempt because he was paid on commission along with a base salary. "My boss figured since we were on commission, he could do whatever he wanted," says Stan (not his real name pending his lawsuit), including working 12-hour days without meal breaks, without overtime pay. Stan's boss didn't figure the Califor... - No Extra Pay for Off-Clock-Employee Overtime
May-27-08 Cary, NC John is an independent contractor whose work agreement stipulates precise hours on the job yet he is asked to work overtime on a regular basis, with no extra compensation. "I work for this staffing company," says John, "and through them I am assigned to work in supermarkets. The work rotates on a monthly cycle—through 16 different stores of... - Time Spent “Booting Up” Computers may be Compensable
Nov-29-22 San Francisco, CA On October 24, 2022, the Ninth Circuit held that the time spent by call center workers booting up their computers could be considered compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Nevada law because it was integral and indispensable to their primary duties. Although Cadenav. Customer Connexx, LLC is very fact-spec...