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AA Pilot Not Guilty of Assaulting Flight Attendants
October 17, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Los Angeles, CA An American Airlines pilot has been vindicated of sexual assault and harassment. Two former flight attendants did not convince the eight-person Los Angeles jury, which delivered the unanimous California labor verdict to U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald on September 25.
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Darden Restaurants Hit with California Wage and Hour Lawsuit
October 16, 2024. By Anne Wallace.
Los Angeles, CA On September 23, Antonia Rodriguez filed a class action lawsuit against Darden Restaurants in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges that Darden, the parent company of California restaurants, including Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Yard House, the Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Bahama Breeze and Eddie V's, failed to pay overtime and did not provide hourly workers with full, uninterrupted meal and rest periods in violation of California labor law. A collection of derivative allegations follows, including failure to provide accurate wage statements and failure to pay all wages due on termination of employment.
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Certification Granted in Southwest Airlines FMLA lawsuit
October 7, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Oakland, CA A California federal judge certified a Southwest Airlines class action lawsuit filed by flight attendants accusing the airline of systemic interference with employees’ federally protected family and medical leave rights. The California labor complaint accuses Southwest Airlines of penalizing employees who took legally entitled leave, leading to denied disciplinary point reductions, and in some cases, wrongful terminations.
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Duane Morris Lawyer Charges Firm with Discrimination, Employee Misclassification
October 3, 2024. By Anne Wallace.
Oakland, CA On July 31, Megan Garland filed a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of California alleging that BigLaw firm Duane Morris discriminated against attorneys of color and female attorneys in violation of the California labor code. Garland v. Duane Morris alleges that the firm promoted women and people of color primarily to salaried partnerships rather than equity partnerships. There is a big difference.
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Student-Athletes Sue Ivy League Colleges for Antitrust Violations
October 1, 2024. By Anne Wallace.
San Francisco, CA On September 3, Tamenang Choh and Grace Kirk, one a former and the other a current student-athlete at Brown University, withdrew their objection to a $2.78 billion settlement proposed by a consortium of Ivy League colleges to end athletes’ “name, image and likeness” (NIL) lawsuit.
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Amazon Studios Unpaid Wages Class Action Greenlighted
September 30, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Santa Clara, CA A California federal judge has given the greenlight to a background actor’s class action lawsuit against Amazon Studios for wage law violations. U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall determined that federal labor law doesn't preempt the claims, which involved hourly rate payments that didn't fall under collective bargaining agreements with the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
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Tesla Discrimination Class Action to Trial
September 12, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Santa Clara, CA A racial discrimination class action lawsuit against Tesla filed in 2017 will go to trial in September 2025, said Alameda County Superior Court Judge Noël Wise during a case management conference in August. Noting that the plaintiff filed his California labor complaint in 2017, Judge Wise said that, "everybody, the plaintiffs and the defense, needs to have closure on these issues." It was the third racial discrimination lawsuit filed against Tesla that year and the first to seek class action status.
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X, formerly Twitter, Get Green Light in Age Bias Lawsuit
September 5, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Santa Clara, CA A California federal judge has been urged to certify a proposed age discrimination collective action against X Corp, formerly Twitter, on behalf of older workers who were fired during Elon Musk’s massive layoffs in 2022.
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Tesla’s Bid to Dismiss PAGA Lawsuit Gets Anti-SLAPPed Down
September 3, 2024. By Anne Wallace.
Oakland, CA On August 8, the California Court of Appeal denied Tesla’s motion to dismiss a Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) lawsuit brought by former Tesla employees. At its simplest, Sharonda Taylor v. Tesla, Inc. is about the workers’ struggle to access their own wage and hour records.
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California Public Employees Lose Rest and Meal Break Rights
August 30, 2024. By Anne Wallace.
San Francisco, CA On August 15, 2024, the Supreme Court of California in Stone v. Alameda Health Systems held that:
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- California Truck Drivers Misclassification Settlement By Jane Mundy (Aug-26-24)
- Mandalorian Actress Beats Back Disney Bid to Toss Wage Lawsuit By Anne Wallace (Aug-19-24)
- SpaceX v NLRB Lawsuit Currently Stays in Texas By Jane Mundy (Aug-16-24)
- Disney Lawsuit Alleges Employees Forced to Relocate By Jane Mundy (Aug-9-24)
- Clickwrap Employment Contract Roils California Arbitration Law By Anne Wallace (Aug-1-24)
- Cathay Pacific Pilots Flying High in California with $16.65M Settlement By Jane Mundy (Jul-31-24)
- Lawsuit Alleges Tesla Racism Rampant in California Factories By Jane Mundy (Jul-23-24)
- Microsoft Discrimination Lawsuit Settles for $14.4 million By Jane Mundy (Jul-19-24)
- Apple Hit with Sex Bias Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jul-16-24)
- U.S. Department of Defense Bid to Toss LGBTQ Veterans Discrimination Suit Denied By Jane Mundy (Jul-9-24)
- TJ Maxx Violates California Labor Laws – Again By Jane Mundy (Jul-3-24)
- CVS Pharmacy Faces California Labor Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jun-26-24)
- O’Reilly Auto Settlement Over California Wage Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jun-24-24)
- California Mushroom Farms Pay Workers $450K By Jane Mundy (Jun-19-24)
- Delta Airlines Settles with Flight Attendants for $16M By Jane Mundy (Jun-7-24)
- Paramount Not Properly Paying Workers, Alleges California Labor Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jun-3-24)
- CA Supreme Court Considers whether Prop 22 is Constitutional By Jane Mundy (May-29-24)
- Strawberry Harvester Settles Agricultural Workers Claims for $1M By Jane Mundy (May-27-24)
- Kanye "Ye" West Slapped with Two Discrimination lawsuits, and more By Jane Mundy (May-10-24)
- Incarcerated People Work for Aramark Without Pay By Jane Mundy (May-8-24)
- The Right to Disconnect By Jane Mundy (May-2-24)
- Tesla Racism Lawsuit Settles for $3.2 million By Jane Mundy (Apr-12-24)
- No More Free Security Checks in California By Jane Mundy (Apr-10-24)
- Phillips 66 in $46.5 million Wage Dispute By Jane Mundy (Apr-8-24)
- Disneyland Not Happy Place for Maintenance Workers By Jane Mundy (Apr-1-24)
- Gig Economy Company Settles Wage Theft Lawsuit for $2.1 Million By Jane Mundy (Mar-27-24)
- Glass House Slapped with California Labor Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Mar-11-24)
- Former X Corp Workers ask Court not to Dismiss Gender Discrimination Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Mar-7-24)
- California Employment Lawyer Discusses Wage & Hour Complaints By Jane Mundy (Mar-5-24)
- California Drywall Company Slapped with Wage & Hour Lawsuit – Again. By Jane Mundy (Mar-3-24)
- Stryker Overtime Lawsuit Goes Ahead By Jane Mundy (Feb-26-24)
- PAGA To Face Critical Test on November 2024 Ballot By Anne Wallace (Feb-20-24)
- Walmart Workers ask California Judge to OK $2.25M settlement By Jane Mundy (Feb-8-24)
- Delta Slammed with Lawsuit over Personal Cellphone Use By Jane Mundy (Feb-5-24)
- Two Popular California Bakeries Slammed with Wage Theft Lawsuits By Jane Mundy (Feb-1-24)
- The Cheesecake Factory Settles California Janitors Wage Theft Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jan-29-24)
- UNITE HERE Dispute with Sky Chefs Back on the Plate By Jane Mundy (Jan-18-24)
- Race Bias Lawsuit: Tesla v. EEOC By Jane Mundy (Jan-13-24)
- 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)