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Sort by date 1,242 pages found matching overtime- Family Dollar Reaches Preliminary $14M Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement
Mathews, NC: A preliminary settlement has been reached in the unpaid overtime class action pending against the retailer Family Dollar. The lawsuit is brought by over 1,700 New York store managers who allege they are owed overtime wages. The settlement has yet to be finalized and approved in court, but the existing agreement involves the discount r... - Affiliated Computer Services Reaches $4.5M Employment Class Action Settlement
Portland, OR: Workers employed at an Oregon call center by Affiliated Computer Services Inc, have won a $4.5 million settlement in a wage and hour class action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged the employees were not properly paid all minimum and overtime wages for all the hours they worked. Filed in 2009, the lawsuit, entitled Bell, et al. v. Affi... - California Overtime Lawsuit against Nike Certified as a Class Action
Sep-11-16 San Francisco, CA: An overtime play laws complaint against Nike Retail Service Inc. (Nike) has been certified as a class action in California after a federal judge, on August 19, gave her blessing. The crux of the lawsuit is time waiting for security checks upon the completion of a shift, time for which the employee is not paid, or so it is alleged. ... - Fast Food Workers Granted Class Action Status
Aug-15-16 Sacramento, CA: A California labor lawsuit that claimed McDonald's is responsible for how its franchisees manage their pay has been given the go-ahead to proceed as a class action lawsuit. Workers at five McDonald's restaurants in California filed the lawsuit, alleging the franchise owner - who owned all five restaurants - violated wage and hour laws,... - Comcast Contractor Faces Overtime Class Action
Jackson, MI: An unpaid overtime class action lawsuit has been filed against Poole's Cable Services, Inc., which is a independent contractor for Comcast. The complaint that was filed on January 20, 2012, alleges that cable technicians were not paid overtime wages when they worked over forty (40) hours a week. In addition, the complaint alleges... - Personal Care Workers: Are Your Employers in Compliance?
Mar-28-16 Los Angeles, CA: Much focus has been placed, over the past several months, on the minimum pay raise to $10 per hour that came into effect the first of the year, together with the equal pay regulations that also took effect this past January 1. However, lost in the introduction of these latest updates to California labor law is a statute that came into... - Sutherland Settles Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit for $4M
Rochester, NY: A $4 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action against Sutherland Global Servies Ltd. The suit, brought by call center telemarketers in 2005, alleged that Sutherland didn't pay its call center employees the overtime owed. The lawsuit was originally brought by two Rochester employees of the Perinto... - Background Actor Files California Labor Law Complaint against HBO
Oct-11-23 Los Angeles, CA On the heels of actors talking again to studios regarding labor issues and writers back at work, a background actor in Los Angeles has filed a proposed class action claiming HBO and the production company Cooler Waters Productions, LLC violated California labor laws . Violations include failure to pay overtime and meal and rest period prem... - Employment Class Action Against AutoZone Reaches Tentative Settlement
San Francisco, CA: A settlement has been reached in a California employment law class action lawsuit against AutoZone, Inc. ("AutoZone"or "Defendant") pending in Orange County Superior Court. The suit alleges, among other things, that the Class of plaintiffs who worked for AutoZone were not properly paid all regular and overtime wages owed to them, wer... - California Plaintiff Alleges Violations of Overtime, Meal Breaks
Feb-29-16 Los Angeles, CA: The new year brought a resolution to right a wrong for one California plaintiff, who last month filed a California Labor Lawsuit alleging nonpayment of owed overtime pay, together with the lack of provision and allowance for uninterrupted meal breaks as required under California labor law and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The... - California Overtime $1.5 Million Settlement Up for Final Approval in April
Feb-8-16 Los Angeles, CA: It was in December of last year that an overtime pay laws class action was quietly granted preliminary approval for a $1.5 million settlement. Plaintiffs in the action are looking forward to April 12, the date during which arguments for final approval will be heard. The defendant in the overtime pay lawsuit in California is Restorat... - Schering Plough Pharmaceutical Reps Win in Overtime Class Action
New York, NY: Schering Plough pharmaceutical representatives have won a complete victory in Federal Court in a Nationwide Collective Law Suit. The suit charged that plaintiffs often worked in excess of 40 hours a week but received an annual salary without overtime pay at the mandatory rate of time and one half. The amount to be distributed to th... - New York Pizza Shops Allegedly Pay Less than Minimum Wage
Sep-15-23 New York, NY A former pizzeria employee has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the owner of two New York pizza shops, alleging he was paid below minimum wage and was not paid overtime . The complaint claims that an “illegal” tip credit was used to justify being paid no more than $10 per hour. The complaint, which was filed late Augu... - Ecolab to Settle Overtime Lawsuit for $2.55 Million
Jun-11-21 San Francisco, CA Parties have asked the Northern District of California to approve an agreement to settle unpaid wages claims against Ecolab. If approved as expected, the settlement would end a lawsuit in which employees claim that they were misclassified as salaried workers and consequently deprived of overtime, double time and unpaid rest perio... - California Real Estate Agents Entitled to Overtime
Sep-11-23 Santa Clara, CA A California wage and hour lawsuit filed by a real estate brokerage operator and almost 3,000 agents is close to settlement. The lawsuit, which was filed three years ago, alleges Redfin Corp. misclassified the real estate agents as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime wages, and other California labor law violations. The mo... - Employer’s Three Strikes for California Overtime Violations
Aug-21-15 San Diego, CA Kathy and her co-workers believe they are entitled to California overtime for three reasons. If Kathy’s allegations are correct, her employer needs deep pockets to compensate for a number of labor law violations. Kathy works as a line operator and she is required to wear safety and sanitation gear. “We have to come in 10 mi... - Bank of America Workers Sue for Overtime
Bank of America Corp workers have filed a lawsuit claiming the company failed to pay overtime and other wages. The suit seeks nationwide class-action status on behalf of employees at Bank of America retail branches and call centers over the past three years. The lawsuit, which was filed June 4, 2010, alleges the bank violated overtime laws in Californi... - Caregivers Protest New California Overtime Laws—or Lack Thereof
Mar-1-15 Sacramento, CA More than 400,000 California caregivers were scheduled to receive California overtime and an increase in pay starting in January, but a district court judge ruled against the federal wage law, arguing the changes must be made by legislature. This decision prompted a protest on February 26 by dozens of caregivers and supporters of ca... - Ninth Circuit Upholds Flight Attendants’ Claims for Overtime, Rest and Meal Breaks
Mar-17-21 San Francisco, CA On February 23, the Ninth Circuit largely upheld a District Court grant of summary judgment to flight attendants in their class action lawsuit against Virgin America. Bernstein v. Virgin America Inc. alleged that the airline had failed to pay minimum wage and overtime and permit meal and rest breaks, as required by California labor l... - Major Victory for Truck Drivers in California Overtime Lawsuit
Feb-19-15 Los Angeles, CA One of the great sources of conflict in California overtime litigation is whether or not workers are considered employees or independent contractors. And although there are times when the matter is clear-cut, for some workers the issue is hazy and based more on industry history than on any legal definitions. But that division can be cos...