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Dec-19-08 Sacramento, CA A potential battle royal is brewing in the State of California with regard to California labor laws . On one side, formidable State Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a ballooning state deficit: on the other, California workers who fear California State labor law will be watered down in the effort to rescue the State coffers. Labor critics... - Drywall Contractor Fined $2 million; Is California Wage Theft Rampant?
Aug-10-18 Los Angeles: After workers at Fullerton Pacific Interiors Inc., complained about California labor law violations to the non-profit Carpenters Contractors Cooperation Committee, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office stepped in. Investigators found that the drywall company paid a daily rate that didn’t include overtime hours or rest breaks and 28... - California Overtime: Company Didn't Do Lunch
Jul-7-08 Sacramento, CA: Diane had been working 10 years for an inventory company when she received a memo about mandatory lunch breaks. "Every employee was told that anytime we were going over 5.5 hours, we were required to have lunch," she says. According to California overtime laws, Diane and her co-workers are entitled to overtime compensation—a lot. Di... - Intel to Shell Out $5M to Settle California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
Jul-16-18 Santa Clara, CA Plaintiff Medina Asalati was formerly employed by Intel Corp. as an administrative assistant. She lead a class of over 3,000 hourly Intel employees including admins, clerical workers, janitors, and logistical support specialists in a class action lawsuit that has been resolved for millions of dollars. Intel denies any wrongdoing in the set... - The Reality of Reality TV: Alleged "Sweatshop Conditions"
Apr-17-08 Hollywood, CA: The reality for many workers on US Reality TV shows is long hours, and little or no overtime pay -- a contravention of California overtime statutes. It is for this reason that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is attempting to organize workers, to help them get a better deal from their employers. Last Tuesday, 12 former workers of suc... - California Labor Law Violation Fired at Fidelity Stands, Typo Goes
Jun-25-18 Santa Clara, CA: Fidelity Investments tried to wangle out of a proposed class action lawsuit alleging California labor law violations by saying the plaintiff’s employment agreement contained a "typo" and she wasn’t in fact an employee. But Fidelity’s excuse appears to have back-fired. “It is astounding how clearly [Fidelity] held... - California Labor Law: We were Silicone Valley SlaveGirls
Feb-29-08 Auburn, CA Because Janet Glenn was hired as a salaried manager for the retailer Anne Taylor, she understood that she was exempt from overtime. That was 20 years ago. If she was working in those same conditions today, the company would be violating the California Labor Law . First of all, Glenn was not exempt and therefore entitled to overtime. The la... - Honest Pay for an Honest Day's Work in California, including Overtime
Feb-19-08 Vallejo, CA "I have worked an average of 90 hours a week since May 21, 2007, and have been paid for a 40 hour a week schedule and to add insult to injury I was just fired," says executive chef Elbert Williams. Every week Williams received his earnings statement that totaled 86.67 hours for a two-week pay period. But his employer didn't take into account th... - California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit: Class Action Lawsuit Brewing Against Starbucks
Apr-27-18 Los Angeles, CA: Former Starbucks employee Douglas Troester first filed this case in Los Angeles Superior Court back in 2012, alleging that he was not compensated for time spent closing the Starbucks where he worked as a shift supervisor. Specifically, he claims that Starbucks required him to clock out before transmitting information about profits and loss... - California Employers Fear Huge Overtime Lawsuits
Aug-10-07 San Diego, CA A nurses' strike set to begin today has been averted thanks to negotiation of a tentative three-year contract between the nurses union and Sharp HealthCare negotiators, defusing one of two bombs planted by the nurses on Sharps doorstep. Sharp was accused of not paying its California employees overtime. The San Diego Union-Tribune report... - Matco Tools Settles California Misclassification Lawsuit for $15.8 Million
May-31-22 San Francisco, CA On April 29, the Northern District of California granted final approval to a $15.8 million settlement in a class action California labor lawsuit brought by 273 franchisees who claimed that Matco Tools classified them as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime, reimbursing expenses and providing accurate wage statements. Th... - Immigrant Workers in California Denied Overtime Pay
May-17-07 Los Angeles, CA Workers in California are entitled to basic rights, including overtime pay, regardless of whether they are immigrant workers or not. However, some unscrupulous employers are mistreating their immigrant workers by denying legally protected wages and breaks. Some immigrant workers are starting to fight back, but officials believe there are... - Can a Cabbie Collect Overtime?
Dec-4-17 San Francisco, CA Many people assume, without much thinking, that cabbies rent the cab from a cab company and then work pretty independently. The California Court of Appeals decision in Linton v. DeSoto Cab Company breathes life into a driver’s contention that he was an employee, entitled to unpaid wages, unpaid overtime and waiting ti... - Phoenix Warehouse of California Hit with Overtime Pay Class Action Lawsuit
Nov-6-17 Los Angeles, CA Plaintiffs, including approximately 1,500 workers at Phoenix Warehouse of California between 2009 and 2016, allege that they were expected to work eight to 12 hours a day, without meal or rest breaks and without overtime pay . The lawsuit describes a rancid environment in which workers, mostly Latinos who could only speak Spanish, were t... - Nurses Seek Class Action in Overtime Pay Lawsuit against CareMeridian
Oct-5-17 Fresno, CA: On September 6, 2017, McKenzie Erwin, a registered nurse, filed a lawsuit on behalf of herself and a class of similarly situated non-exempt employees against CareMeridian, LLC (CareMeridian)and Mentor Management, Inc. (Mentor), a related company. The defendants in the unpaid overtime lawsuit operate skilled nursing facilities in Ca... - $35M Walmart Wage Deal on the Shelf
Mar-30-22 Los Angeles, CA A class action lawsuit filed almost four years ago claiming Walmart failed to provide employees with accurate wage statements almost reached a $35 million settlement: A California federal judge said Walmart has other California labor law violations not even alleged in the suit. U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. said the rele... - Overtime for Assistant Managers
May-24-06 "The way this company does business is so unfair, especially for so many young kids, not being paid overtime. As soon as I quit my job, I went on the Internet and found www.lawyersandsettlements.com. Within a few days a lawyer got in touch with me and it hasn't cost me a cent. I highly recommend it for anyone who has had this kind of treatment," says Deborah... - California Employers Devious when it comes to Overtime
Mar-23-06 Some employers are devious. Countless managers and supervisors who were hired as salaried employees, based on a 40 hour week, now find themselves hourly employees, working overtime for free. Deborah Ahrens, Roseville, California: "I was originally hired as a salaried employee: I supervised six people in HR and accounting. Then the Company decided that... - Peloton’s Bumpy Ride -- Employees File Wage and Hour Lawsuit
Mar-11-22 Los Angeles, CA A former Peloton sales representative claims that the exercise equipment company failed to pay overtime, minimum wage, vacation pay, work expenses and other violations of the California labor code . Mark Cohen, a sales representative who filed his lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court in January, worked at Peloton for more than five yea... - Chinese Caregivers at Alleged Birth Tourism Center Sue For Unpaid Overtime
Jun-1-17 Irvine, CA Chinese caregivers for pregnant Chinese women who traveled to the US to give birth so their babies would have instant US citizenship are suing an alleged "birth tourism center," in a California overtime lawsuit, claiming they were paid low wages and denied overtime. Six Chinese immigrant caregivers, including two from Orange County, on Ma...