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Jun-13-18 San Francisco, CA: Despite California restaurants in the past few years receiving huge fines for California labor law violations, some employers seem to have missed the memo, or perhaps they think employees on salary aren’t entitled to overtime compensation. Or perhaps they think restaurant workers, from dishwashers to cooks to General Managers, are af... - Overtime: between a rock and a hard place
Feb-24-08 Houston, TX "There are a lot of things going on with Walgreens that aren't right, especially overtime issues," says pharmacist Donna S. (not her real name for fear of retaliation). She has worked at the huge pharmacy chain for 20 years and estimates she is owed close to $250,000 in overtime pay! "When I was hired I was told I would work 40 hours a wee... - California Overtime Abuse
Dec-7-07 San Diego, CA "I was hired as a clerk for Mercury Books - a chain of adult bookstores—in July, 2002," says Benjamin Ziff. "About 18 months later, I was promoted to a day shift position with basic managerial duties. Of course, they don't call anyone managers in this position, but I was placed on salary anyway—classified as exempt. I never had a... - Maryland Employment and Labor Law Legal News and Lawsuits
Maryland employment law protects Maryland employees in certain matters related to their hiring, working conditions, pay and job termination. Maryland employment violations can result in employees filing lawsuits against their employer, depending on the circumstances surrounding the complaint. Maryland Minimum Wage Maryland's minimum w... - Texas Employment Labor Law
Texas Labor Law lawsuits allege violations of Texas state labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment. The rights of employees in Texas are protected by the Texas Labor Code and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Possible violations of Texas employment labor law include wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, family and me... - California Labor Law: Know Your Rights
Oct-15-07 Yerington, Nevada: Ron Green has researched the California labor law and has a few issues with his former employer. The amount of money owed him in overtime isn't the main point, Ron explains. "It's the way this company treats its employees and that is why I want to pursue this [ lawsuit ]," he says. For the past four years, Ron (not his real name) a... - $2.1M Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement Approved
Santa Clara, CA: A $2.1 million settlement of an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit has received final court approval, ending allegations brought against a health care facility staffing agency by some 900 of its workers. According to the suit, the staffing agency, Workfit, illegally denied its workers overtime when they worked more than 40 hours... - Overtime after 12 Hours Spells Double Time
Jun-5-07 Oakland, CA Not long after Vince H. started working for a cement-mixing company, he was "asked" to sign a letter waiving lunch. "We get paid regular time for working through our first lunch and that's fine with me, but they should pay double time for second lunch—after 12 hours," he says. That's a lot of money owed to more than 500 cement truck drive... - Overtime Back Pay Cases Sweep the U.S.
May-31-07 Los Angeles, CA The LA Times reported May 30, 2007 that a handful of workers -- deported following an immigration sweep across California and 16 other states earlier this year -- are back in the country illegally and, in an interesting twist, are now claiming back wages in unpaid overtime they say their former employer owes them. A New York state co... - The Cheesecake Factory Settles California Janitors Wage Theft Lawsuit
Jan-29-24 Santa Clara, CA If you worked as a janitor at any of eight Cheesecake Factory restaurants in Orange and San Diego counties and were forced to work overtime and/or worked through breaks between 2014 and 2017 without being compensated, the California’s Labor Commissioner’s Office is handing out checks to ex-employees of the restaurant chain and w... - Computer Programmer Overtime: All in a Day's Pay
May-4-07 Farifax, VA "A normal work week for us programmers was around 60 to 70 hours," says Dan Graves. "This company gave us all supervisor titles so they wouldn't have to pay overtime - but the only supervising we did was on ourselves." "I worked many overtime hours and never got paid - I was a worker, not a supervisor," says Graves. "These companies try to... - California Unpaid Overtime Class Action Down, but Not Out
Oct-29-17 Los Angeles, CA: A California unpaid overtime lawsuit seeking class certification got “some good news for everybody, and some bad news for everybody,” when Superior Court Judge Ann I. Jones denied a petition to certify eight subclasses or workers at a well-known theme park, but left the door open to other subclasses with regard to various p... - Overtime: Quit or Keep Quiet
Jul-19-06 "I worked at a medical practice in San Bruno, CA for almost seven years and was paid hourly. Some of us worked a lot of overtime, sometimes more than 50 hours per week, but I was never paid overtime," says Frances of Stockton, California. "One employee was terminated so the doctors could avoid paying her overtime and they told the rest of us that if we did... - California Overtime Choice: get fired or shut up
Jun-6-06 "My manager said he didn't pay overtime to salaried employees. But this is the kicker: If I was salary, why did I have to fill out a time card? "We had to lie on our time cards to keep our jobs," says Jennifer Luna of Stockton, CA. Luna worked at Premiere Home Loans as a loan processor and was later promoted to loans officer. She worked there for almost t... - Plaintiff in Overtime Pay Dispute with Nike Sticks to Her Guns
Sep-11-17 Los Angeles, CA: The lead plaintive in a representative Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) claim against Nike is having none of the defendant’s argument that individualized misclassification inquiries would be unmanageable. Plaintiff Payal Patel maintains in her overtime pay complaint that the burden of proof associated with breaking out the spe... - California Overtime benefits Employers
Mar-20-06 Terri Reese from Vista, California was classified as an exempt manager. Her contract stated that she wouldn't perform the duties of hourly employees except in an emergency. As it turned out, every day was an emergency. She was hired to manage the mess hall for the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton. Because Reese wasn't paid hourly, she wasn't paid overt... - Unpaid Overtime Extends to Employees on Electronic Access After Hours
Santa Clara, CA: Employees who are required to use their cell phones after regular work hours to stay in touch with their job, including checking emails, text messages, voicemails, and other electronic transmissions, may be entitled to unpaid overtime compensation under federal wage and hours laws. According to the Fair Labor Standards Act (... - $3.8M Preliminary Settlement Reached in PetSmart Employment Lawsuit
Dover DW: A preliminary $3.8 million settlement has been agreed in an employment class action pending against PetSmart Inc. The lawsuit was brought by operations managers for the chain of pet supply stores who allege they were misclassified so as to make them exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime requirements. Under the... - Misclassified Plaintiffs in Massachusetts Eyeing $2.9 Million Proposed Settlement
Apr-21-17 Boston, MA: Plaintiffs in a recent Massachusetts employment law collective action have asked a federal judge in Massachusetts to approve a settlement worth $2.9 million that would settle claims of improper classification allegedly costing employees overtime pay. Massachusetts labor law – together with the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal st... - How Will New EEOC Regulations in 2018 Affect Donning and Doffing?
Feb-11-17 Washington, DC: Employers, and especially those employing 100 workers or greater, will be looking to 2018 and preparations for a response to new rules proposed for the employer information report under the auspices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEO-1). There is speculation the proposed changes could expose employers to increased instances...