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Jan-29-08 Burbank, CA: Chris was looking forward to a rewarding career as a postal worker when he began six years ago in Burbank, but a transfer has turned the past two years into a battle against discrimination. After buying a house in the high desert he transferred to a postal outlet in Hesperia. All went well at first until the person who hired him was fired an... - Charter Communications Settles Overtime Suit for $18million
Charter Communications has agreed to pay $18 million to 8,000 current and former workers in certain field technician positions in California, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and Nebraska. The class action lawsuit, filed in 2008, alleged workers were not paid overtime and back pay. The 2008 lawsuit was filed on behalf... - $4M Preliminary Settlement Reached with Polo Ralph Lauren Employees
San Francisco, CA: A $4 million settlement has been preliminarily approved by a federal judge, which could end a wage and hour class action brought against Polo Ralph Lauren by 6,700 former California employees. The four-year old lawsuit alleges that the high-end fashion retailer denied employees rest breaks and contained them for as long as 30 m... - California Labor Law - Nobody should have to go through this
Dec-12-07 Sacramento, CA It was Kaeley C.'s love of cooking that first drew her to a manager's job at Williams-Sonoma. But her experience working exhausting hours without breaks left her with a bad taste in her mouth. She knew California labor laws about overtime were on her side, even if her employer wasn't. "I felt abused," she said of her long hours. Managers... - Wal-Mart Settles Unpaid Wages Class Action with 232,000 Ex-Employees
Oakland, CA: Retail giant Wal-Mart has agreed an $86 million settlement of a wages and vacation pay class action brought by tens of thousands of former California employees who allege they did not receive these monies when the left the organization. According to media reports, some 232,000 former employees will share in the settlement funds. T... - California Labor Commissioner’s Office fined general contractor and sub-contractor for wage theft violations
Jul-13-18 Long Beach, CA After a lengthy investigation into wage theft of Champion Construction Inc., a contractor hired by San Diego general contractor TB Penick, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office found that Champion cheated 103 workers by maintaining false payroll records over a six-month period. Both TB Penick and Champion were held responsible under... - An interview with wage and hour claims attorney Jose Garay, Carter and Garay
Sep-18-07 Irvine, CA An interview with wage and hour claims attorney Jose Garay, Carter and Garay LawyersandSettlements (L&S): You are a difficult guy to get hold of. Jose Garay (JG): Sorry about that—I've been rather busy lately. In the last three years our law firm has expanded by about 400 percent in the number of cases filed pertaining to wage an... - Potential H&M Class Action Lawsuit Over Unpaid Security Bag Checks
Jun-7-18 San Jose, CA: A former H&M employee, Ser Lao, has sued fashion retailer H&M in federal court for allegedly failing to provide employees with correctly itemized wage statements, and failing to pay employees minimum wage, overtime, and premium pay for missed meal and rest periods. Lao’s California unpaid wages lawsuit also alleges that H&M violated Cali... - Staples Agrees $42 Million Preliminary Settlement of Wage and Hour Class Actions
Framingham, MA: Staples, Inc, announced today that it has reached a global settlement in several retail wage and hour class action lawsuits related to the alleged misclassification of its assistant store managers concerning overtime pay. Under the terms of the global settlement, which is subject to court approval, the Company has agreed to pay $42 mi... - California Labor Laws Accompany Fair Labor Standards Act
Mar-13-07 Los Angeles, CA: Although California has a labor code, its rules and regulations accompany the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), meaning that employers in California must follow both the California Labor Code and the FLSA. One regulation included in the FLSA is that nonexempt employees who work more than 40 hours in a week must be given overtime pay. ... - California Labor Lawsuit Expected to Settle for $2 Million
Mar-14-18 Los Angeles, CA: A California unpaid wages lawsuit that was originally filed in August, 2014 at Los Angeles before removal a year later to the US District Court for the Central District of California, may settle for $2 million if an agreement on the part of all parties in the class action meet with Court and judicial approval. The lawsuit, which all... - Zumiez Reaches Tentative Settlement in California Overtime Class Action
Zumiez, the Washington state-based sporting apparel retailer, has agreed a tentative settlement of $1.3 million in a wage and hour class action lawsuit. The lawsuit was brought by a former employee who alleged that the company had not paid him all his overtime, as required by California law, nor had they provided him with meal breaks, or properly item... - FedEx Ground Business Model Wins Class Action in Washington
FedEx Ground delivery drivers today found themselves on the wrong end of the Superior Court of Washington for King County ruling in a class action they brought in 2004. The court ruled that the delivery drivers are not employees but independent contractors, and therefore not entitled to overtime and reimbursement of uniform costs. The class action invol... - Pregnant Worker Wins California Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
Jan-6-18 Oakland, CA When Eva O’Brien told her boss she was pregnant, he went nuts. He yelled, threw papers, made rude comments about her big belly and breast feeding. Then got in really close to ask if she wanted to quit. She didn’t and things got worse. Lower-paid hourly employees are among the most vulnerable and the least likely to file lawsuits... - Hartford Village Could See $1 Million Settlement in Environmental Suit
A preliminary settlement has been reached between Equilon Enterprises, Premcor Refining, and the village of Hartford, in an environmental suit over damages and costs incurred as a result of refinery pollution. Village trustees sued Equilon and Premcor seeking recovery of costs for repairing and replacing sanitary sewers, streets, municipal buildings an... - US Reality TV Shows Reach Tentative Settlements
More than 400 workers who filed 2 class action lawsuits against several major television networks and producers of reality shows could benefit from a tentative settlement of $4 million, if approved. The suits alleged that the networks and producers of the reality shows Trading Spouses, and The Bachelor violated California labor law by having their empl... - California Overtime: Advice from a Lawyer
Apr-5-06 Are you owed overtime? If so, take this advice from Todd Schneider, California employment lawyer: Keep track of the hours you work and let your employer know if you are owed overtime. If your employer refuses to pay, contact a lawyer. And remember, never sleep on your rights. "California is more protective of its workers than any other state in the... - Newspaper Carriers Settle with Paper for $22 Million
Newspaper carriers for the Orange County Register have won their class action lawsuit, by agreeing to a settlement of $22 million. Additionally, the carriers have agreed that they are not employees of the paper, but independent contractors. At the outset of the suit the carriers had sought $88 million in damages, alleging that they are employees, and the... - Employees of Luxury California Resort Launch California Labor Lawsuit
Nov-13-17 Los Angeles, CA: Labor industry watchers in the State of California opine that even as California observes what are described as very protective labor laws, and in some cases more protective of workers than corresponding federal labor laws, there are nonetheless employers who will risk litigation in exchange for saving money by shortchanging their workers,... - Liberty Travel Agrees Preliminary Overtime Class Action Settlement of $2.76 Million
Liberty Travel has agreed a preliminary settlement of a class action lawsuit in which it was accused of not paying overtime wages to employees from June 1995 to December 1999. The tenative settlement is for $2.76 million, with $413,571 awarded to 245 travel agents from Liberty Travel offices across Pennsylvania. Linda Welsh, of Montgomery County, an...