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Mar-21-11 Frankfurt, Germany Merck pharmaceutical sales reportedly increased 73 percent in net profit in 2010, and the German company is anticipating strong earnings growth this year as well, the Wall Street Journal reports. The chemical and pharmaceutical company said recently that its revenues increased 20 percent and that its net profit jumped from €... - GlaxoSmithKline Sales Boost Projected After Approval of New Drug
Mar-18-11 Washington, DC The first new treatment for the disease lupus in half a century recently received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and is expected to significantly aid GlaxoSmithKline sales , Reuters reports. According to the news source, the FDA decided to approve Benlysta, which was discovered by Human Genome Sciences Inc. as a... - Uber to Settle Class Action Contract Lawsuit for $395,000
Aug-5-19 San Francisco, CA The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California appears ready to approve a settlement in Dulberg v. Uber Technologies Inc. that will net nearly a quarter of the drivers only $20. The class action lawsuit is notable for two reasons. It was brought as a contract lawsuit, not under the provisions of California labor em... - Costco Workers Allowed to Move Forward with Suit over California Overtime Law
Dec-27-10 Los Angeles, CA A federal judge in California recently ruled that a California overtime law complaint would move forward as a state class-action lawsuit , the Wall Street Journal reports. The original lawsuit, which was filed in May 2009 in California Superior Court, alleged that the Washington-based membership warehouse chain locked its employee... - Salon Workers Reach Settlement in California Labor Law Class Action
Los Angeles, CA: A California labor law and employment class action lawsuit filed by current and former employees of Natalie Salons has reached a potential settlement of $750,000. In their lawsuit, the 125 plaintiffs alleged the nail and beauty chain owned by Natalie Phan and Bill Dong, failed to provide overtime pay or meal breaks for its employee... - New FLSA Interpretation Would Limit Worker Wage Lawsuits
Jul-5-19 Washington, DC The Department of Labor has proposed changes in the interpretation of the “joint employer rule.” The rule allows workers, especially in class action wage and hour lawsuits, to reach beyond an immediate employer to seek recovery from a franchisor, corporate parent or other related business entity. If the change goes into effect, it wi... - Dollar Tree Faces Overtime Pay Lawsuit
Oct-31-10 Miami, FL Several employees at Dollar Tree retailers in southern Florida have sued the company for failure to comply with the minimum wage and overtime pay rules of the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to the Orlando Sentinel , lawyers for the plaintiffs claimed that the employees were frequently asked to make runs to the bank on company busines... - California Labor Bill AB5 has ride-hailing companies collaborating rather than competing – and waiting on CA Senate vote
Jun-24-19 Sacramento, CA: Uber and Lyft have become wildly successful, mainly due to classifying their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, but misclassification is a violation of the California labor law and should the state Senate pass Bill AB5, the gig might be up for them and many other companies whose workers may be re-classified as emplo... - Attorney Discusses Best Buy Overtime Settlement
Oct-1-10 New York, NY Former and current Best Buy employees are finally getting properly compensated for overtime . "We filed a class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania and another in New York relating to Best Buy's failure to compensate their employees for hours worked," says attorney Gerald Lawrence of Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C. "Best Buy has reached... - New California Labor Law Could Help Grant Overtime Pay to Farm Workers
Jun-8-10 Shafter, CA In an effort to improve labor relations and efforts statewide, Senator Dean Florez has introduced a new bill that would guarantee farm laborers access to overtime pay under California labor laws . Florez, the Senate majority leader in the Golden State, is trying to reverse a current exemption to the state's labor laws that denies agricult... - Homecare Nurses Sue Gentiva
May-25-10 Washington, DC Home healthcare provider Gentiva has been hit with an overtime lawsuit alleging its compensation plan shortchanges its thousands of nurses and physiotherapists across the US. "It is an unusual pay scheme," says attorney Christine Webber, who filed the suit on behalf a group of nurses from North Carolina and New York State. "Certain activ... - Batali Settles Del Posto Employment Class Action for $1.15M
New York, NY: An employment class action lawsuit against Batali's New York City eatery Del Posto has been settled, lawyers for the plaintiffs announced this week. The lawsuit, brought in 2010 by 31 employees working at the restaurant, alleged the restaurant deprived them of some of their tips and overtime. According to a report by The Associated... - More Small Businesses Becoming Targets for Lawsuits under California Employment Law
Feb-4-10 Sacramento, CA The Sacramento Business Journal reports that an increasing number of small- to medium-sized businesses have been targeted by current and former employees for alleged violations of California state labor laws . Most of the claims stem from a perceived discrepancy between employee earnings and overtime pay. Sacramento construction fir... - Security Officers in California, Elsewhere, on the Wage Downlow
Feb-2-10 Hollywood, CA Employees in three different states—including California—have taken a security company to task over allegations of unpaid overtime and other violations of state and national labor laws. The employer, Andrews International, is currently under investigation by the Attorney General's Office of Massachusetts and by the National... - Activists Complain That Restaurant Violates Michigan Labor Laws
Jan-25-10 Detroit, MI A group of activists and union leaders recently held a rally in support of eight current and former workers of the Andiamo Dearborn restaurant who have filed a federal lawsuit claiming that their former employer violated Michigan labor laws . The lawsuit alleges that the restaurant violated Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Michigan... - Maine Workers Sue Restaurant over Lost Wages and Overtime Pay
Jan-10-10 Portland, ME A group of employees at a popular Portland restaurant is filing a class action lawsuit against the restaurant's owners, citing lost wages and overtime pay . A group of eight former and current employees of The Front Room Restaurant charge that the head chef and CEO Harding Lee Smith fails to pay his workers the state's minimum wage, docks... - Prison Medical Workers at the Heart of Recent California Overtime Controversy
Jan-9-10 Sacramento, CA A recent report found that the number of inmates who died in California state prisons has dropped over the past 4 years, which may not be surprising considering the $2.1 billion the state spends on prison medical care. Yet the recent budget crisis has cast a critical eye toward the roughly $60 million in California overtime paid to prison... - California Misclassified Independent Contractors Settle for Employee Status—is it the Right Choice?
Mar-1-19 Santa Clara, CA: From strippers to cooks to construction workers, independent contractors who say they are misclassified under California labor laws may want to take into consideration what they stand to lose before filing a misclassification lawsuit to be classified as an employee. Sure, the benefits are enticing but they come at a price, such as loss o... - British Company Will Pay Nearly $400,000 for Violating Texas Labor Law
Dec-2-09 Sugar Land, TX An international production company that claims to be the leading provider of fabric maintenance, construction support and related services to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries has agreed to pay almost $400,000 in back overtime pay for violating Texas labor law . The Associated Press reports that the American branch of Scotla... - California Labor Law Violations Costly for Employers
Nov-23-09 Sacramento, CA Blanco A. says the Labor Commissioner is penalizing his former employer $130.80 per day until the company reimburses him for its California labor law violations , including unpaid overtime, missed meal and rest periods. "I need to present certain documents at my hearing," says Blanco, "but my former employer's attorney said, 'Have your at...