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Jul-10-18 Washington, DC “Congratulations! Welcome to FillInTheBlank Company! Sign here and ask for Ms. Someone when you come tomorrow.” By the time the intake interview is over, many workers have already signed away their rights to bring class action wage theft lawsuits under federal and California labor law . It matters because wage theft is... - Cheesecake Factory Found Liable for $4.57 Million Wage Theft
Jul-3-18 San Diego, CA The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has found that The Cheesecake Factory and its janitorial contractor, Americlean Janitorial Services Corp., engaged in wage theft, withholding millions of dollars that were lawfully earned under California prevailing wage law . Americlean subcontracted the night cleaning work to another company... - Instacart Settles California Misclassification Lawsuit
Oct-24-22 San Francisco, CA Instacart is settling a misclassification complaint claiming that the gig company violated the California labor code by misclassifying its workers, known as “shoppers” as independent contractors instead of employees. (Shoppers gather groceries in stores for customers and sometimes deliver them.) The city of San Diego cl... - Former Marriott Hotel Waiter Appeals Dismissal of his California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
Jun-18-18 San Jose, CA: Ex-waiter Ian McCray worked for the San Jose Marriott from May of 2012 to August of 2015. He claims that during that time, Marriott Hotel Services did not pay him the minimum wage required by the city’s municipal wage ordinance. The ordinance appears to provide for a waiver of the minimum wage requirement if employees agree to those terms i... - California Labor Law: Flat Rate Below Minimum Wage
Aug-31-07 Los Angeles, CA Pamela and Martin have similar jobs: Pamela is a caregiver and Martin is also a caregiver—for dogs. They also have a similar problem regarding California labor law : both work 12-hour shifts and get paid a flat rate below minimum wage. When Pamela began her caregiver job, she made about $9 per hour for three-hour shifts. Then her... - Big Business Fights Back Over Information Technology Overtime Claims
Aug-16-07 Santa Clara, CA Information technologists, otherwise known as IT workers, have been taking big businesses to court to recover unpaid IT overtime wages for quite a few years now. They have been remarkably successful. IT workers have started class actions against high tech giants like IBM and Sun Microsystems, Inc., and many of these class actions have alr... - Wal-mart wins one—but loses two—in Overtime Class Actions
Jun-15-07 Springfield, MO The latest efforts by Wal-Mart Stores to block unpaid overtime class-actions by workers in Missouri and New Mexico were rejected June 12 by the appeals courts in both those states. The decisions have left Wal-Mart, the world's largest corporate retailer, "disappointed", according to a company spokesman. But in New York, the decision we... - New California Ruling Easy as 'ABC' to Determine Employee or Independent Contractor?
May-10-18 Los Angeles, CA: California courts have been debating, defining and determining employment status—whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor-- since 1989. Misclassification has always been a gray area, despite California labor law holding for three decades the “Borello” standard. As of April 30, however, the new and mor... - Temp Worker Seeks Class Action Status for California Labor Lawsuit
May-3-18 Fremont, CA: Since the California Supreme Court issued its precedential California labor law decision in Brinker v. Superior Court of San Diego County , there have been a number of lawsuits alleging violations of California state labor laws for meal and rest break violations. Now, a woman who was hired by Tesla to work in its Fremont, California f... - Uber Misclassification Suit Finally Settles for $8.4M
Aug-29-22 San Francisco, CA A California judge last month gave his final approval in Uber’s misclassification lawsuit. About 1,322 drivers who alleged they were misclassified as contractors will share the $8.4 million settlement. The agreement resolves years of litigation in the class action, which claimed that Uber deliberately classified drivers as contracto... - More Workers Claim Hemp Farms Stole Wages
Aug-24-22 Medford, OR A lawsuit accusing three Oregon hemp companies of wage theft and exploiting their labor is the second complaint filed against the same defendants last year. The agricultural workers hired by WestCoast Growers LLC, Topshelf Hemp LLC and Fire Hemp LLC allege they were cheated out of their final paycheck by employer Colt Jamison Hansen. The... - Jungle Trux Drivers the Latest to Challenge Unpaid Meal and Rest Breaks
Jan-16-18 Seattle, WA: Amazon and Jungle Trux, based in King County, WA, have started the new year facing an unpaid overtime and employment class action lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by two package delivery drivers who allege Jungle Trux and Amazon failed to pay them overtime, undercounted their hours, and failed to provide them with required breaks. The pro... - Supreme Court Deals Blow to California PAGA Claims
Jul-31-22 Washington, DC On June 15, in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana , the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The decision reverses standing precedent under California labor law , which had permitted class action labor lawsuits against employers even... - Supreme Court Declines to Hear Airlines Meal & Rest Break Appeal
Jul-26-22 Santa Clara, CA The U.S. Supreme Court at the end of June declined to take up Alaska Airlines appeal of a ruling that Virgin America – now part of Alaska Airlines-- had to give California-based flight attendants meal and rest breaks required by California labor law . The justices found that California's break requirements are not preempted by fe... - Safeway Inc. Faces Series of California Labor Code Trials
Sep-29-17 Los Angeles, CA: Attorney and trial lawyer Mike Arias is taking a tough approach with supermarket giant Safeway Inc. on behalf of 1st and 2nd class managers that have been battling the omnipresent grocery store over alleged California labor and employment wage and hour violations for 15 years. Starting October 10, 2017 Arias, who has two decades of... - Whistleblower Outed Abbott Labs Two Years Before FDA Closed Sturgis Plant
Jun-20-22 Sturgis, MI Evidence of contaminated baby formula sounds like it should have been an “all-hands-on-deck” emergency for Abbott Laboratories and the Food and Drug Administration. Instead, it took the FDA nearly two years to send inspectors to the Sturgis, Michigan plant, where they found “shocking” conditions. By then two babies... - Giant Catering Company in California Labor Dispute
Jul-29-17 San Francisco, CA: The big green and white Canteen Vending trucks are a frequent sight across the US and many other states. In California, the company has a huge number of delivery drivers working out of as many as 20 different distribution locations across the state. Those drivers have now filed a class lawsuit against the Compass Group, the corporatio... - Biden Administration and U.S. Solicitor General side with Airline Employee Rest and Meal breaks
Jun-6-22 Santa Clara, CA The Ninth Circuit decision ordering Virgin America to follow California’s meal and rest break law stands, and it’s backed by the Biden Administration. The U.S. solicitor general told the U.S. Supreme Court that federal regulations don't preempt the Golden State’s law. For the past several months Virgin Americ... - Minor League Baseball players and MLB Settle “Starvation” Wages Lawsuit
Jun-1-22 San Francisco, CA Minor league baseball players won’t have their day in court involving a minimum wage complaint that was filed eight years ago. The California labor trial was slated for June 1 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The players reached a preliminary settlement with the commissioner’s office in a lawsuit filed back in 201... - Major League Baseball Fights Back in California Courtroom
Mar-23-17 Oakland, CA: A California labor law class action involving minor league players with Major League Baseball (MLB) but housed in the Golden state remains at play with an appeal launched by MLB challenging a recent ruling by a California judge granting preliminary approval to the class. The California labor lawsuit was filed in 2014 at US District Cour...