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More than 400 workers who filed 2 class action lawsuits against several major television networks and producers of reality shows could benefit from a tentative settlement of $4 million, if approved. The suits alleged that the networks and producers of the reality shows Trading Spouses, and The Bachelor violated California labor law by having their empl... - California Labor Law Protects Workers, from Pole Dancers to Pot Growers to Babysitters
Jun-30-17 San Francisco, CA: No matter your profession, California workers are protected by, and employers must adhere to California labor laws . Increasingly, workers are standing up for their rights but some employers didn’t get the memo. For instance, a former exotic dancer in March 2017 filed a class action lawsuit against a Spearmint Rhino club... - Truck Driver’s New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawsuit Revived on Appeal
Jun-25-17 Trenton, NJ: A former New Jersey truck driver whose workers compensation claim has been zig-zagging through the courts has seen his workers compensation lawsuit revived by the New Jersey Appellate Division. The plaintiff in the workers compensation law case is Brian Hejda. According to court documents, Hejda was a commercial truck driver with Bell C... - Newspaper Carriers Settle with Paper for $22 Million
Newspaper carriers for the Orange County Register have won their class action lawsuit, by agreeing to a settlement of $22 million. Additionally, the carriers have agreed that they are not employees of the paper, but independent contractors. At the outset of the suit the carriers had sought $88 million in damages, alleging that they are employees, and the... - Liberty Travel Agrees Preliminary Overtime Class Action Settlement of $2.76 Million
Liberty Travel has agreed a preliminary settlement of a class action lawsuit in which it was accused of not paying overtime wages to employees from June 1995 to December 1999. The tenative settlement is for $2.76 million, with $413,571 awarded to 245 travel agents from Liberty Travel offices across Pennsylvania. Linda Welsh, of Montgomery County, an... - Charter Communications Provides Preliminary Settlement of Labor Class Action Suit
Installers and other employees of Charter Communications, who brought a class action suit against the company, could see a settlement of $28.5 million. District Judge Barbara Crabb gave preliminary approval to the proposed settlement on Friday. The settlement also proposes $4 million in settlement services. The suit, filed in 2007, alleged that the com... - Key Energy Agrees to Settle California Workers Class Action for $3 Million
Apr-23-17 New York, NY: Key Energy Services California has agreed to a $3 million settlement on a class action for California labor law violations. The class action consolidated two lawsuits originally filed nearly four years ago by former Key Energy employees. Paul Grillo, a non-exempt "floor hand" on a Key Energy onshore oil rig, filed a lawsuit in Santa... - Violations of California Labor Law and Possibly Animal Rights
Apr-12-17 Riverside, CA: “This dog delivery company is cruel to us drivers and the dogs we deliver across the country,” says Randy. “They have violated the California labor laws and I am pretty sure they have broken the California Law regarding animal abuse.” Randy delivered dogs all over the country, from breeders in California to bre... - Utica, NY, reaches $250,000 settlement in employment severance suit.
Utica, NY: (May-28-08) Police Chief C. Allen Pylman has resolved his severance dispute with the city's police department, after the city of Utica agreed to pay him $250,000, leading to his retirement. City sources stated that the chief's contract did not require the city to pay him for the accumulated comp time, but it has been the past practice of the c... - California Truckers Misclassified—Claiming Labor Law Violations
Mar-15-17 Los Angeles, CA: All too often employers misclassify their workers in an effort to save money. Graebel Van Lines classify their truck drivers as independent contractors and avoid providing for meal and rest breaks, and other California labor law violations, according to the truckers’ lawsuit, which is seeking class action status. The lawsuit,... - City to pay almost $60,000 settlement in employment lawsuit.
Grove City, PA: (Apr-09-08) Two Grove Police Officers, Tracy Bloss and Ron Crawford, brought a lawsuit against the city, claiming that the city owed them unpaid overtime wages for the maintenance of canine officers in their off-duty hours. In a recent development in the case, sources familiar with the negotiations stated that the Grove City Council... - California Labor Lawsuit Settles for $1.8 Million
Feb-23-17 Los Angeles, CA: A California labor lawsuit that’s been waged for over three years appears to be on the brink of resolution following a settlement agreement between the defendant, Zales Delaware Inc. and plaintiffs in a class action alleging that employees were stiffed on wages. The lawsuit was originally filed and litigated in federal court in C... - Pago de Horas Extraordinarias para los Gerentes en California
Bajo la ley de California, los empleadores están obligados a pagar los trabajadores de las horas extraordinarias trabajadas (en la hipótesis de que los empleados no están "exentos" los directivos, profesionales, trabajadores administrativos o profesionales de la computación). Los empleadores deben proporcionar períodos... - Asian restaurant pays $110,000 discrimination class action settlement
Saugus, MA: (Mar-11-08) Immigrant workers brought a class action lawsuit against Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant alleging wage irregularities. The lawsuit, which was initiated by four Latino workers and two Chinese wait-staff, claimed that the restaurant did not pay the Latino workers minimum wage or overtime and administrative fees were taken from the Chi... - Santa Barbara News-Press pays $140,000 settlement in overtime suit.
Santa Barbara, CA: (Mar-08-08) Two former newsroom employees, Hildy Medina and Anna Davison, brought a lawsuit against the Santa Barbara News-Press, alleging that the paper had shortchanged them on overtime pay and on meal and rest periods, thereby violating California law. In addition, they also claimed that if, by the end of the year, an employee hadn'... - Union Vale to pay $237,500 to union forming employee.
Union Vale, NY: (Mar-06-08) Christopher Kemlage, a former highway department employee, brought charges against the town of Union Vale, alleging that highway department officials attempted to stop employees from unionizing the department. The suit further accused the town of racism and threatened violence by department employees, stating that Kemlage's righ... - Firefighter Back Pay, City of San Francisco pays $755,000 settlement to several retired workers
San Francisco, CA: (Jan-21-08) Dennis Kruger and Francis Kelle, veterans with the fire department and Firefighters Local 798, brought charges against the city, alleging that when they retired, they were denied full compensation for the retroactive sick pay, overtime, and vacation time. The suit, filed in 2005, had at its core issues regarding special rates... - Eight-Year-Old California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit can go Forward
Jan-9-17 Los Angeles, CA It’s been a long haul for California Donning and Doffing lawsuit plaintiff Pamela Silva, who filed her unpaid wages lawsuit against her employer See’s Candy Stores Inc. (See’s Candy) back in 2009. And it’s not over yet, as a three-judge appellate panel ruled that Silva’s claims related to unpaid wages for me... - Attorney: Unpaid Wages Violations "Pervasive"
Dec-26-16 New York, NY: The phrase donning and doffing is used to describe situations where employees put on or take off special gear or clothing for their work, but donning and doffing lawsuits are part of a larger area of litigation known as unpaid wages litigation, where employees are not properly paid for all their time involved in work-related activities. E... - Class Action California Labor Lawsuits Seek Compensation
Dec-14-16 San Mateo, CA: The plaintiff in a California labor lawsuit that alleged various violations against California labor law, last month faced a motion by the defendant to have the lawsuit tossed out of federal court beacause the Court, in the defendant’s view lacked jurisdiction in a case that belongs in California state court, or so it was claimed...