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Aug-26-10 Los Angeles, CA Two Los Angeles brothers, joint owners of four car washes, were each sentenced to a year in jail for violations of California overtime laws and various other crimes. Benny and Nissan Pirian both pleaded no contest to six criminal charges, including violations of a number of California overtime laws, according to the Los Angeles Time... - Massachusetts Donning & Doffing Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Among unpaid wages claims are allegations that employees should be paid for donning and doffing --time spent putting on and taking off uniforms, protective gear, and other work-related clothing. Massachusetts donning and doffing lawsuits allege workers in Massachusetts were not properly paid for all time spent in activities that were necessary for their... - New York Set to Give Nannies Overtime, Other Rights
Jul-2-10 Albany, NY New York legislators and Governor David Paterson have reached a reconciliation deal that will give nannies overtime pay and other rights. The legislation sets a 40-hour workweek for standard domestic workers and a 45-hour week for live-in employees, according to the Wall Street Journal. The proposed bill would also require at least one da... - Chicago Paramedics Given Second Chance to Sue the City for Overtime Pay
May-31-10 Chicago, IL In what must be welcome news to those healthcare professionals who feel overworked, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has given Chicago paramedics the green light to go ahead and sue the city in an attempt to recoup overtime pay . A total of 54 paramedics working with the Chicago Fire Department have filed a two-count collective action i... - IBM Faces off Against the State of Indiana in New IT Overtime Lawsuit
May-21-10 Indianapolis, IN The state of Indiana and computer support giant IBM are currently embroiled in a contentious IT overtime lawsuit over a terminated outsourcing deal which had intended to allow the company to overhaul and modernize the state's welfare eligibility system. The lawsuit alleges that IBM breached its established contract by intentionally... - California Truckers Keep Trucking – by the Hour
Apr-17-19 Los Angeles, CA: The Supreme Court’s decision in March to reject the California Trucking Association’s appeal regarding workers illegally misclassified by companies as independent contractors is a victory for the California Labor Commissioner, truckers and teamsters. While the decision doesn’t set a standard for determining whether an independent dri... - Two Contractors Barred over California Overtime Violations
Mar-23-10 Sacramento, CA Two California contractors have been prevented from bidding on projects in the state for a period of three years, due in part to their non-payment of California overtime and other violations of California labor laws. According to the latest issue of Business & Finance Week, due out on 3/27/10, Soo Kim Electric Company and Lucid El... - Lawsuit Alleges Blackstone Violated Massachusetts Labor Law
Mar-8-10 Boston, MA The Blackstone Group is the subject of a recent lawsuit that claims that the financial services company underpaid an administrative assistant in violation of Massachusetts labor law . Hope Smith of Cambridge filed suit against the New York-based institution for ordering her to work 45- to 50-hour workweeks at its Boston office from Novembe... - Oklahoma Company Charged with Violating Overtime Laws
Feb-27-10 Tulsa, OK The US Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit in federal court against a waste management firm in Tulsa, Oaklahoma, alleging that the company failed to provide adequate overtime pay for employees over the past several months. A DOL investigation found that Controlled Waste (CW) had committed numerous violations of the Fair Labor Sta... - Instacart Settles California Misclassification Lawsuit
Oct-24-22 San Francisco, CA Instacart is settling a misclassification complaint claiming that the gig company violated the California labor code by misclassifying its workers, known as “shoppers” as independent contractors instead of employees. (Shoppers gather groceries in stores for customers and sometimes deliver them.) The city of San Diego cl... - PDC Officers Arrested over Violations of Theft of Overtime Pay in California
Feb-15-10 Porterville, CA The commander of the Porterville Development Center (PDC) and his lieutenant were arrested this week under allegations that they embezzled overtime pay in California . Commander Jeff Lewis Bradley was found to be complicit in fraudulent overtime claims by lieutenant Scott Anthony Gardner, allowing the lieutenant to earn thousands of dol... - Jamba Juice Feels the Squeeze in California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
Mar-11-19 Los Angeles, CA Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl has approved Jamba Juice’s offer to settle a class action California unpaid wages lawsuit for $1.95 million. The plaintiffs in Arteaga v. Jamba Juice claimed that the smoothie chain forced nearly 5,500 employees to work off the clock – through meal breaks and without proper overtime p... - Amazon.com Faces Lawsuit over Overtime Pay
Dec-8-09 Seattle, WA Warehouse employees working for online book distributer Amazon.com have recently filed a lawsuit against the retailer, alleging that it has reduced the overtime pay of more than 21,000 workers across the country. Company policy has managers rounding start and end times for shifts to the nearest quarter hour, which the lawsuit claims has co... - Labor Department: Minnesota company violated overtime pay laws
Oct-20-09 St. Paul, MN The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against a company's president who reportedly did not pay approximately 250 employees the federal minimum wage or overtime pay. Franklin Drywall and its president Philip Franklin are accused of "repeatedly and willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)" by not paying earned wages... - California Labor Law: Working Round the Clock
Aug-14-09 Sacramento, CA Over the years, LawyersandSettlements has interviewed many disgruntled hourly employees who have worked over and above their 40-hour work week and have not received overtime pay, contrary to the California Labor Law . From IT employees to maintenance workers , employers are increasingly 'squeezing' their employees to work more ho... - California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit Goes to Jail
Dec-7-18 San Diego, CA A year and a half ago, Sylvester Owino and Jonathan Gomez filed a California unpaid wages lawsuit against CoreCivic, a for-profit business that runs private prisons, including the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego. The lawsuit alleges violations of federal human trafficking laws and California labor laws relating to minimum wage,... - Uber Misclassification Suit Finally Settles for $8.4M
Aug-29-22 San Francisco, CA A California judge last month gave his final approval in Uber’s misclassification lawsuit. About 1,322 drivers who alleged they were misclassified as contractors will share the $8.4 million settlement. The agreement resolves years of litigation in the class action, which claimed that Uber deliberately classified drivers as contracto... - More Workers Claim Hemp Farms Stole Wages
Aug-24-22 Medford, OR A lawsuit accusing three Oregon hemp companies of wage theft and exploiting their labor is the second complaint filed against the same defendants last year. The agricultural workers hired by WestCoast Growers LLC, Topshelf Hemp LLC and Fire Hemp LLC allege they were cheated out of their final paycheck by employer Colt Jamison Hansen. The... - Donning and Doffing in Tennessee – Clothes or Protective Equipment?
Oct-12-18 Nashville, TN: Over the past several years Tennessee has experienced a number of Tennessee labor lawsuits by employees demanding compensation for “donning and doffing” (putting on and taking off) clothing such as uniforms and protective gear before and after their shift. While the time it takes to “don and doff” may seem incidental and trivia... - Supreme Court Deals Blow to California PAGA Claims
Jul-31-22 Washington, DC On June 15, in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana , the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The decision reverses standing precedent under California labor law , which had permitted class action labor lawsuits against employers even...