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Sep-17-07 Los Angeles, CA Marcel C. was happy with his job at a large communications company until a new manager was hired. "He hasn't paid us overtime that we are entitled to, even though we submit overtime on our timesheets," says Marcel. "This has become a general problem for my entire crew," says Marcel (not his real name). "When we put in the hours for o... - JPMorgan Agrees $16.7M Unpaid Overtime Settlement
New York, NY: A $16.7 million settlement has been agreed between JP Morgan Chase & Co., and plaintiffs in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit. The settlement address claims made by assistant branch managers that Chase misclassified them as exempt from overtime, in violation of federal and state employment laws. There are four classes o... - Universal Music Group IT Workers Start Class Action for Overtime Pay
Jul-31-07 Los Angeles, CA: Information technology (IT) workers recently filed a class action against high-tech giant Universal Music Group claiming that the company wrongfully denied them overtime pay and other benefits. In the action, filed this month in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the computer and network support employees claim that the company impr... - IT Overtime Abuse
Jul-18-07 Tooele City, UT "When I was hired as a systems analyst in 1997, my boss said there wouldn't be any overtime ," says Andrew Rowley. "Just two weeks later, a manager said I would be fired if I didn't get my job done—I had to be on call 24/7." They called Rowley when he was shopping for groceries, at home with his kids, even in the middle of the nig... - Programmer Overtime: Time to Change the Law
May-29-07 Tampa, FL "I was employed by a major US supermarket chain and all the programmers worked a minimum 45 hour week," says Ray Hudson (not his real name pending a lawsuit). If we were based in California where overtime laws are more progressive, I likely would have been able to collect overtime." "In Florida, all of us are classified as salaried employee... - Overtime: Every Minute Counts
Nov-3-06 Sacramento,CA Even if you just spend an extra few minutes at work each day after you've punched out on the time clock, it can add up to many hours of unpaid overtime - money you are owed and legally entitled to, and provided for in the California Labor Law . "I worked at a large retail store - the equivalent of Target for appliances and computers,"... - Advice to Employers: Pay workers now rather than Later
Aug-12-06 "Employers would be well advised to compensate their employees before they are taken to court," says Tom Emmitt, head litigation attorney at United Employees Law Group, PC. "Employer's biggest fears are class action and individual lawsuits. We will take the employer to court and collect not only back wages and overtime owed, but a variety of penalties and... - California Overtime Lawsuit Settles in Record Time for $5.95 Million
Aug-11-17 San Francisco, CA: A California overtime pay class action lawsuit will settle for $5.95 million following the granting of final approval by a California federal judge earlier this week. The settlement brings to a close a lawsuit brought by a class of service managers against Ecolab Inc., alleging violations against California overtime law. According... - Unpaid Overtime: Questions answered by a lawyer
Jan-20-06 From a phone interview with Robin Workman, Trial Attorney, Qualls & Workman, LLP Q: Why would some companies rather pay fines than pay overtime? A: It is simply a cost benefit analysis. From a fiscal standpoint it is more cost effective for some companies not to pay overtime. Companies can roll the dice and they may never get sued. A large corporati... - Costco Settles California Overtime Lawsuit for $9 Million
Jun-22-17 San Diego, CA: Retail giant Costco has agreed to settle a Califronia overtime law putative class action in a settlement that is worth $9 million. The lawsuit was brought in April, 2014 and mediation began this past March. The overtime pay laws settlement was reached before the matter was due to go to trial. Plaintiffs in the putative overtime pay... - McDonald's Employee Overtime Trial Scheduled for May
May-1-17 Los Angeles, CA: McDonald's Restaurants will head to trial in May to defend itself against allegations of California overtime violations on a lawsuit filed by a class of thousands of overnight shift workers. Judge Ann Jones on April 20 ruled in a summary adjudication on an overtime lawsuit Maria Sanchez v. McDonald's Restaurants of California Inc... - New Jersey Employment Labor Law Legal News and Information
New Jersey labor law lawsuits allege violations of New Jersey state labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment. The rights of employees in New Jersey are protected by a number of laws, including the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits Law and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Possib... - Amazon Facing California Wage and Hour Proposed Class Action
Nov-17-23 Santa Clara, CA A proposed class action filed in California federal court on behalf of Amazon warehouse managers accuses Amazon of violating California labor laws , including failure to pay overtime, not providing adequate meal and rest breaks, and failure to keep accurate payroll records. And this isn’t the first Amazon overtime lawsuit. Sheyann... - California Overtime –Too Much or None at All
Nov-18-16 San Francisco, CA: In a perfect world—including the state of California—all non-exempt hourly employees would get overtime pay for hours worked beyond 40 hours in any given work week. But some Southern California garment contractors have been found guilty of overtime violations and a San Francisco janitor earned $162,000 in overtime pay la... - California Passes Farmworker Overtime Laws
Sep-28-16 Sacramento, CA: Farm workers will now be entitled to new California overtime pay, putting the people who work in agriculture in line with other industries after years of having their own overtime pay laws. In September, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the new California overtime law, allowing farmworkers overtime pay after working an eight-hour... - California Labor Law is Often Ignored by Employers
Sep-12-16 Los Angeles, CA: There is little doubt that a common flavor in litigation over California labor law remains the missed meal breaks and rest periods due any non-exempt, hourly-paid worker under provisions in the California labor code and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Another common error appears to be the failure of an employer to include... - Judge Rules Colorado Home Care Workers Entitled to Overtime
Santa Clara, CA: A federal judge has issued the final ruling on an employment class action lawsuit filed against Bayada by workers who alleged the home health care company failed to pay overtime wages. In her ruling , Judge Christine Arguello found that Colorado' labor laws necessitate that overtime be paid if the worker is employed by a third-party a... - FLSA, Wages and Fair Labor Standards Act, The National Retail Federation
Jul-24-15 Sacramento, CA The Department of Labor’s proposal to revise overtime exemptions will also affect California overtime laws, even though the state’s overtime exemptions are stricter than that of the FLSA (Wages and Fair Labor Standards Act). Employment experts say the retail and restaurant sectors will be impacted the most. For many assi... - Drillers’ Unpaid Wage Claim Gets Conditional Class Certification
May-6-21 Houston, TX On April 20, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas adopted the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation to grant conditional certification to a class of oil drilling workers who sought to pursue a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Young v. Energy Drilling Company advances u... - Pepsi and Former Factory Worker Settle Overtime Lawsuit
Aug-14-23 Atlanta, GA A former Gatorade factory worker has reached an agreement with PepsiCo and its subsidiary SVC Manufacturing to settle an overtime lawsuit. Tony Bradley alleged that the company illegally tampered with his time records to avoid paying him time-and-a-half overtime premium pay. He claims that PepsiCo ignored numerous complaints he made to supervis...