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The Right to Disconnect
May 2, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
San Francisco, CA A California State Assemblymember has introduced a bill which will give an office worker the “right to disconnect” from the boss after working hours. If passed, Bill AB 2751 would be the first law of this nature in the U.S., which is already in effect in several countries across the pond. (New York City didn’t adopt a similar proposal in 2018). And it would likely have tech companies up in arms.
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No More Free Security Checks in California
April 10, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Santa Clara, CA In a recent California Supreme Court ruling, a worker’s time spent on an employer’s premises undergoing security checks is compensable as hours worked, but time spent driving from the security gate to the parking lot does not qualify as “hours worked”. This California labor law decision emphasizes that the extent of employer control is what mainly defines the classification of "hours worked."
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Phillips 66 in $46.5 million Wage Dispute
April 8, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
San Francisco, CA Phillips 66 Co. and refinery workers duked it out before a California federal judge on March 14 over meal-break and time-rounding policies. Workers claims that Phillips automatically deducted 30-minute break periods from hundreds of workers' pay add up to $46.5 million in violation of California labor law.
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Gig Economy Company Settles Wage Theft Lawsuit for $2.1 Million
March 27, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
San Francisco, CA Qwick, a gig economy online staffing company for hotel and restaurant workers, is required to pay its misclassified California workers $1.5 million in restitution and convert all workers to employees. This agreement settles a misclassification lawsuit brought by the City Attorney of San Francisco and it significantly reclassifies thousands of workers – permanently. Misclassified as independent contractors, workers will now be entitled to employee rights and benefits.
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Meat Processors Pay $127.2 Million to Settle Wage-Fixing Case
March 20, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Lincoln, NE Plaintiffs in a wage-fixing class-action lawsuit asked a judge in Colorado federal court to preliminarily approve deals with two meat processors. In early March, Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest beef producer, agreed to pay $55 million and Arkansas-based Tyson will pay $72.25 million to settle a complaint involving several companies that allegedly participated in a nationwide scheme to fix and depress wages for meat plant workers.
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Glass House Slapped with California Labor Lawsuit
March 11, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Los Angeles, CA Glass House Brands Inc. was slapped with a proposed class action lawsuit last month, alleging California labor law violations. A former worker accuses the major California marijuana producer of engaging in a systematic pattern of wage violations, including unpaid overtime and unrealistic workloads.
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California Employment Lawyer Discusses Wage & Hour Complaints
March 5, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
San Diego, CA If your employer has taken advantage of you, consider speaking to an experienced wage and hour attorney. Nathan Kased’s clients are diverse: from blue collar workers who haven’t been properly paid to managers and sales people misclassified as independent contractors. “Overtime is the biggest issue, and wrongful termination is a close second,” says Kased.
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California Drywall Company Slapped with Wage & Hour Lawsuit – Again.
March 3, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Riverside County, CA West Coast Drywall & Co is doing it again: underpaying its piece-rate field employees and instructing them to underreport their hours. The California drywall company settled a lawsuit for the same allegations in 2017, but just two years after the settlement, the company repeated the same California labor law violations. According to this lawsuit filed by Attorney General Rob Bonta, since August 2019 the company has shorted about 7,000 workers by failing to pay wages owed, overtime, and more.
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PAGA To Face Critical Test on November 2024 Ballot
February 20, 2024. By Anne Wallace.
Sacramento, CA On November 5, 2024, Californians will choose whether to preserve the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) in its present form or replace it with the proposed California Fair Pay and Employer Accountability Act (FPEAA). Since it became law in 2003, PAGA has been an important element of many California labor lawsuits, and is often understood to function as an important deterrent to employer wage theft. Roughly 5,000 PAGA notices are filed annually.
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Walmart Workers ask California Judge to OK $2.25M settlement
February 8, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Santa Clara, CA Over 1,700 Walmart employees last month asked a California federal judge to approved a revamped $2.25 million unpaid overtime settlement. The proposed California labor class action was revised to base the class members' payouts on total earnings rather than weeks worked.
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- Two Popular California Bakeries Slammed with Wage Theft Lawsuits By Jane Mundy (Feb-1-24)
- Nurses Filed Unpaid Wages Lawsuit Against U.S. Nursing Corp By Jane Mundy (Jan-25-24)
- UNITE HERE Dispute with Sky Chefs Back on the Plate By Jane Mundy (Jan-18-24)
- Disney’s Gender Wage Complaint Now Class Action By Jane Mundy (Jan-5-24)
- Activision Blizzard Agrees to $54 million Gender Discrimination Settlement By Jane Mundy (Dec-26-23)
- Barge Worker Not Required to Arbitrate California Wage Claims By Anne Wallace (Dec-13-23)
- National Collegiate Athletic Association Class Action Lawsuit Going Forward By Jane Mundy (Nov-13-23)
- California Sues Meta Over Youth Marketing By Jane Mundy (Oct-31-23)
- Equinox $36 million settlement for California Wage and Hour Lawsuits By Jane Mundy (Oct-16-23)
- Background Actor Files California Labor Law Complaint against HBO By Jane Mundy (Oct-11-23)
- Amazon Unpaid Wages During COVID Screenings Settled By Jane Mundy (Sep-29-23)
- San Francisco files Misclassification Lawsuit Against Qwick Hospitality Staffing Company By Jane Mundy (Sep-26-23)
- Apple Settles California Wage & Hour Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Sep-12-23)
- Twitter Tries to Bail on Bonusses By Jane Mundy (Aug-31-23)
- Court Ruling Increases Disney Employees’ Minimum Wage By Jane Mundy (Aug-10-23)
- Walt Disney’s Female Employees File Sex Discrimination Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Aug-7-23)
- Two California Public Water Utility Attorneys Awarded $6 million By Jane Mundy (Jul-21-23)
- Home Depot Wages Settlement By Jane Mundy (Jul-7-23)
- Bitwise Lawsuit Alleges WARN Act Violation By Jane Mundy (Jun-14-23)
- Strippers in California Unionize By Jane Mundy (Jun-8-23)
- No Breaks from Shamrock Foods, Breakfast Republic or Modesto Community Hospice By Jane Mundy (Jun-5-23)
- San Francisco Superior Court: Pay Banquet Servers $9 Million By Anne Wallace (May-18-23)
- Five Guys and California Plaintiff’s Fifth Agreement Nearing Settlement By Jane Mundy (May-12-23)
- Ninth Circuit Overturns California’s “No Forced Arbitration Law” By Anne Wallace (Apr-30-23)
- Community Hospice Slammed with California Wage and Hour Class Action By Jane Mundy (Apr-28-23)
- Grubhub Owes Misclassified Former Driver $65 – with Implications By Jane Mundy (Apr-17-23)
- Virgin, Alaska Air Workers to Receive Almost $31M in California Wages Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Mar-9-23)
- Lowe’s Class Action Alleges California Wage and Hour Violations By Jane Mundy (Mar-7-23)
- United Airlines California Wage Statement Settlement By Jane Mundy (Feb-21-23)
- California Wage Theft Rampant By Jane Mundy (Feb-16-23)
- Health IQ Slammed with Proposed California Labor Law Class Actions By Jane Mundy (Jan-26-23)
- Can PAGA Claims Survive U.S. Supreme Court’s Pro-Arbitration Decisions? By Anne Wallace (Jan-24-23)
- Mortgage Loan Officers Entitled to Rest Periods By Jane Mundy (Jan-3-23)
- Car Wash Employers Don’t Come Clean By Jane Mundy (Dec-15-22)
- Twitter Layoffs Trigger Labor Lawsuits By Jane Mundy (Nov-30-22)
- Wells Fargo Settlement Raises Legal Fees Queries By Jane Mundy (Nov-25-22)
- Instacart Settles California Misclassification Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Oct-24-22)
- New California Law Requires Pay Transparency By Jane Mundy (Oct-19-22)
- Assisted Living Operator to Settle Wage and Hour Lawsuit for $9.5 Million By Anne Wallace (Oct-18-22)
- Citrus Workers Unpaid Wages Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Oct-10-22)