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Jul-26-15 Texarkana, TX A Texas employment lawsuit has been filed in Texas, alleging Harte-Hanks failed to properly pay employees for all hours worked. The Texas labor lawsuit was filed by an employee who worked at the company’s call center in Texarkana, Texas, and alleges that she and other employees were not paid for all time spent logging in to call sys... - $9M Settlement Reached in Wonder Bread Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $9 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action brought by distributors for Flowers Foods, Inc., the company behind Wonder Bread and Nature’s Own. Brought by named plaintiffs Scott Rehberg, Willard Allen Riley and Mario Ronchetti in 2012, the lawsuit alleged that the distributors were misclassified as indep... - Strippers Awarded $250,000 For Wages Withheld by Cabaret Owner
Apr-21-15 Two former exotic dancers were awarded $250,000 by a Texas federal court jury and judge against a San Antonio strip club that forced them to work “off the clock” by not paying them minimum wage or overtime and confiscating their tips. Alexis Alex and Nicolette Prieto were hourly paid exotic dancers employed at Tiffany’s Cabaret in Austin, Texas f... - New York Donning & Doffing Lawsuit News & Legal Information
New York donning and doffing lawsuits have been filed alleging workers are not properly paid for the time they spend in activities that are vital to their job but not considered actual job duties. Donning and doffing activities include putting on and taking off safety gear or special uniforms, or collecting tools that must be worn during work. Similarly,... - $3.75M Settlement In McDonald’s California Wage Suit
Santa Clara, CA: A California wage and hour class action lawsuit against McDonald’s has been settled for $3.75 million. The complaint was brought by a group of current and former workers for five locations in California who alleged the franchisee, The Edward J. Smith and Valerie S. Smith Family Limited Partnership, which owns the five San Fran... - Employer Must Pay Attorney for Secret Settlement
Mar-7-21 Los Angeles, CA Former motel employee William Hang filed a wage and hour lawsuit against his employer, but when Hang’s attorney sought the employer’s payment and obtained a default judgment of $255,000, he discovered that the employer had coerced Hang into a substantially less settlement: $20,000 cash. Litigation in this case is rather con... - Unpaid Wages Lawsuits Filed against Food Processors
Feb-2-15 Clovis, CA Two food processors face unpaid wages lawsuits alleging they failed to properly pay employees for all time spent in work-related duties. Included with the unpaid wages claims are allegations against one of the companies that employees were improperly charged for their uniforms. The lawsuits seek class-action status. According to the Fres... - Amazon to Pay $61.7 Million to Settle FTC Charges of Tip Theft
Feb-23-21 Washington, DC On February 2, the FTC announced that Amazon will pay $6.17 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company pocketed tips promised to Amazon Flex drivers. The company allegedly changed its driver compensation structure in 2016 without informing drivers. Pending California labor lawsuits against Amazon, those, like... - $1.1M Punitive Award Against Walgreens for Firing Medicare Fraud Whistleblower
Dec-30-14 A $1.1 million dollar punitive damage award was reinstated against Walgreens for firing a pharmacist who reported the Medicare billing fraud practices occurring in 12 out of 30 stores investigated, according to court documents. Pharmacist Sami Mitri worked for Walgreens for more than 10 years. After making several complaints regarding the Medicare fra... - Labor Commissioner files $1.3 million California unpaid wages lawsuit
Feb-12-21 San Diego, CA On January 25 the California Labor Commissioner issued citations and filed an unpaid wages lawsuit to collect nearly $1.3 million allegedly owed to 189 bakery workers. The Department of Industrial Relations action follows the 2019 closure of the Southern California bakery. Although the business closed prior to the pandemic, the pattern o... - Supreme Court Asked to Hear Donning and Doffing Lawsuit
Sep-29-14 Washington, DC Given the confusing nature of labor laws and employee rights, issues such as unpaid wages and off-the-clock work are not as straightforward as they might seem. As a result, the US Supreme Court has reportedly been asked to hear a case involving an unpaid wages claim by employees who have spent time preparing for work. For the most par... - Some California Drivers May Lose Their Right to Pursue Wage Lawsuits against Uber
Jan-10-21 San Francisco, CA On December 22, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California heard arguments in James v. Uber Technologies Inc. , a class action California labor lawsuit . Judge Edward Chen appeared to focus particularly on whether the facts of the case would support the inclusion of drivers who also have other jobs in the clas... - Employment - Verdict in favor of Defendant
Case Name : Sanders v. County of Los Angeles Case Number : BC514539 Verdict Date : 2015-06-25 Outcome Type : Jury Verdict Court : Plaintiff Deborah Sanders (African-American) was a temporary long term relief nurse at the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. Sanders began working at LAC+USC in 1993, and was terminated from... - Nurse Recruiters Fight for Meal Break Pay
Dec-28-20 San Francisco, CA On December 1, the California Supreme Court heard arguments by nurse recruiters seeking to revive a California labor lawsuit against AMN Services LLC. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2014, arose from the way the company’s time-rounding software had tracked employees’ required meal breaks. In 2018, the Court of... - Walmart Howls at California Labor Law Fines
Dec-3-20 San Jose, CA “This case is about Walmart’s practice of routinely violating the California Labor Code .” The first sentence of plaintiff’s’ brief to the Ninth Circuit in Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. neatly sums up the workers’ argument. Walmart, on the other hand, argues that this is all very unfair,... - Texas Employment: Construction Workers Subject to Violations of Their Rights
Jun-12-14 San Antonio, TX If you take any given industry, there is an expectation that some employers will violate workers’ rights and treat employees unfairly. When it comes to Texas employment , however, construction workers appear to be victims of rampant violations of state and federal labor laws. That's according to a 2013 report that examined how cons... - Contractor Hit with Lawsuit for Ohio Employment Violations
May-31-14 Columbus, OH A contractor based in Virginia but having undertaken work at the Joseph P. Kinneary US Courthouse in Columbus, Ohio, is facing a whack of citations under Ohio Employment after workers on the project were found to have not been paid properly. According to the Norwalk Reflector (5/22/14), an investigation by the US Department of Labor&r... - Texas Employment Law: Independent Contractors vs. Employees
May-29-14 Dallas, TX It's a situation that occurs again and again: in violation of federal and state labor laws, employees are misclassified as independent contractors. While the problem may seem small, it means that employers across the country, including in Texas, may be underpaying their workers and not providing them with proper benefits. This is why lawsuits al... - California Court Approves Taylor Farms Wage and Hour Settlement
Nov-25-20 Sacramento, CA On November 2, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California approved an agreement to settle Del Carmen Pena v. Taylor Farms Pacific Inc. The workers allege that Taylor Farms failed to pay them for time spent "donning and doffing" equipment; provide them with rest and meal breaks; and issue paychecks in a timel... - Is Dynamex Ruling Retroactive?
Nov-18-20 Santa Clara, CA Just as the polls closed on Proposition 22—a ruling that allows companies to hire app-based drivers as independent contractors instead of employees—the California Supreme Court heard arguments in Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int’l, Inc . At issue is the Dynamex ruling and whether it should be retroactive to work...