LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
Search Results for
Sort by date 1,242 pages found matching overtime- The Labor Commissioner's Office Working California Overtime?
Feb-4-19 Oakland, CA Last year the restaurant industry alone was cited in California labor law violations amounting to millions of dollars. And according to a 2017 report, California wage theft can cost workers about $2 billion per year. That amount may rise now that agricultural workers are entitled to farmworker overtime pay based on a schedule issued by the La... - Hidden Overtime: Interview with Wage and Hour Lawyer Greg Jones
Apr-22-09 Willmington, NC Wage and Hour lawyer Greg Jones says that many people are unaware of overtime laws ; they don't realize that issues such as donning and doffing or unpaid meal periods may constitute overtime. "Most people think of overtime as working more than 40 hours a week, but there are other types of overtime that aren't apparent, and a lot of thes... - California QA Engineer Overtime—the Pros and Cons of Filing a Claim
Feb-24-09 Palo Alto, CA Increasingly, California Quality Assurance (QA) engineers who are salaried and classified as exempt find themselves working around the clock and California QA overtime is just part of the job. QA engineers are typically well-educated and well-paid, yet many of them don't even know they are entitled to overtime compensation. And if they do k... - California IT Overtime: Are You Asking the Right Questions?
Feb-23-09 San Francisco, CA Ground lost by computer IT professionals notwithstanding, the computer IT overtime issue that has been the source of constant frustration is even more so given the new remuneration guidelines, brought in at the start of this year. All the more reason for computer professionals to ensure they—and their jobs—are properly classified. ... - Your Thanks for Working Through the Weekend: A Pat on the Back
Dec-21-08 Los Angeles, CA How's this for a deal? Work 20 hours worth of California IT hours every week for a year and see your annual paycheck rise from $80,000 to $117,000. Nice. And now there's an improvement in California labor laws —an update to California state labor law governing overtime for computer professionals. Now, when you work 20 hours of overtime e... - Even Up-scale Eateries Violate Overtime Law
Sep-18-08 Manhattan, NY Just about everyone in the hospitality industry knows the work usually involves long hours, especially in small businesses. But no matter if you work for a "Mom and Pop" restaurant or a nationwide hotel chain, overtime law states that you must receive overtime pay if you are paid an hourly wage and work more than 40 hours in a week. Wor... - Workers Denied Overtime Pay
Jun-26-08 Athens, AL The sad truth is that there are many hard workers out there whose employers are not properly giving them overtime pay. Some of these workers are putting in up to 70 hours a week without proper compensation for their hours worked, which is not only unfair--it is also illegal. More and more lawsuits are being filed to protect workers' rights and... - Office Depot Overtime Lawsuit Certified Class Action
An Office Depot overtime lawsuit has been certified as a class action, opening the company to potentially thousands of claims. The lawsuit alleges that Office Depot failed to include incentive bonus pay when calculating employees' overtime wages . Employees were reportedly given $50 Bravo Cards as incentive pay, but Office Depot allegedly did not include... - IT Overtime: It's All About Controlling Costs
Mar-13-08 Los Angeles, CA If there is one thing that companies hate, it is the uncontrolled cost. In other words, overtime. However, this should not be the reason why a company reneges on paying IT overtime to qualified workers. Various States, including California, the Mecca of all things IT, have statutes in place that protect workers from being taken advantage... - California Workers Deserve Overtime Pay
Jan-18-08 Irvine, CA: It seems impossible in this day and age that any employer would try to get away with not properly paying employees for hours worked. Yet, in California there are many employers who are not paying employees for overtime hours. Now, the state of California is defending the rights of workers by filing lawsuits against companies that violate stat... - California Overtime: To Be or Not To Be Exempt
Jun-18-07 Los Angeles, CA "I've been employed as an IT developer at a bank for 19 years," says Andrew. "During those years, and in response to California law, most of our titles were changed so we would be exempt," he says. The way Andrew sees it, and increasingly, the way California overtime law sees it, Andrew and his co-workers are owed a whole lot of unpaid ov... - CIBC Bank O.T. Class Action Could be Largest in Canadian History
Jun-6-07 Toronto, ON In a move that is sending shockwaves throughout Corporate Canada, a diminutive bank teller from Toronto took a day off from her job and launched a $600 million class action lawsuit against her employer. It also sends a message to the banking sector everywhere--including the U.S.-- that bankers should abide by labor laws and fair play when it co... - $2.5 Million California Overtime Settlement Granted Preliminary Approval
Sep-16-17 Los Angeles, CA: An overtime pay class action launched against an insurance claims administrator achieved preliminary approval earlier this month, when a non-revisionary cash settlement worth $2.5 million was given the nod by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl. The unpaid overtime lawsuit alleged that various policies observed by the def... - New Yorkers Fired without Just Cause
Jan-24-06 "It is common for new Yorkers to be fired and so far, there is not much recourse." - Mary Jeffords, Injured Workers of New York, Inc. According to Brian Colella, age 43, and former electrician at the New York City Fire Department Buildings Maintenance Division, he was fired after winning five different grievances for unpaid overtim... - Plaintiffs Cite California Labor Law, FLSA in Lawsuit against Bloomberg
Apr-13-17 White Plains, NY: A California overtime law collective action against Bloomberg LP by employees who work on Bloomberg’s Analytics team assert the media and securities giant has cheated them out of overtime pay through misclassification as overtime-exempt. Meanwhile three plaintiffs who were in danger of being dismissed from the plaintiff pool for... - California Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit Moves to Settle
Aug-6-16 Los Angeles, CA: An unpaid overtime lawsuit filed by an employee of Animal Behavior College, Inc. (ABC) over allegations of unpaid wages and off the clock work appears to be wrapping up with an application to the Court to grant preliminary approval of a negotiated settlement. The case is Samuel Barahona v. Animal Behavior College Inc., et al, Case N... - California Farmworkers Denied Overtime
Jun-17-16 Sacramento, CA: California farmworkers will not be entitled to extra California overtime starting in 2019. Currently, agricultural workers receive overtime only after 10 hours. Bill AB2757 would have meant they were entitled to overtime after eight hours. The Los Angeles Times (June 2, 2016) reported that legislation to give farmworkers additional... - Lingerie Retailer Hit with California Overtime Pay Class Action
May-21-16 Los Angeles, CA: While California may be known for chronic droughts and lack of rainfall, there appears to be no shortage of employers willing to shortchange their employees in an attempt to protect their bottom line. To that end, the prevalence of overtime pay lawsuits is as sure a thing as death and taxes… This time the defendant is identif... - Abogado de Horas Extraordinarias de Agentes de Acciones
Aunque normalmente sólo se les paga comisión-, los agentes de acciones y comodidades pueden tener derecho a pago de horas extras en virtud de las leyes federales y estatales. Agentes de acciones y comodidades típicamente suelen trabajar más de las 8 horas al día necesarias, empezando tan temprano como las 6:00 am y trabajando hasta después... - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Employee Unpaid Overtime Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Aug-14-07) The California Labor Commissioner brought charges against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., alleging that the store underpaid its employees when it came to doing overtime work. The suit was filed on behalf of almost 50,000 workers who were inadvertently underpaid overtime and other wages. In a settlement reached, Wal-Mart Stores,...