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Sort by relevance 1,241 pages found matching overtime- Employment Attorney Alan Crone Discusses Main Reasons for Overtime Complaints
Sep-14-18 Memphis,TN: “We are seeing an increase in overtime complaints and in turn wage and hour lawsuits, such as the recent Cash America Pawnshop overtime lawsuit,” says employment attorney Alan Crone. Fortunately, the government and attorneys are cracking down on employers who deny employers their rights and they are helping workers to get what they are ow... - Are Tutors Independent Contractors or Employees Under the California Labor Code?
Sep-6-18 San Francisco, CA: The education company General Assembly agreed to pay $1million to settle an overtime lawsuit brought by two former full-time tutors ( education instructors) who taught at the company’s San Francisco campus. This California labor law settlement may have implications for similar companies that hire independent contractors to work in th... - H&M Plaintiffs Rely on Starbucks Workers’ Win To Bolster Case
Aug-19-18 San Francisco, CA When an employee brings a lawsuit alleging that they were not paid for all the time that they were lawfully owed under federal law, employers will frequently raise something called the de minimis doctrine in defense. This doctrine holds that working time that is trivially small, for instance a few seconds or minutes beyond working hours... - Cash America Pawn, or First Cash Management Facing Overtime Lawsuit
Aug-14-18 Memphis, TN: A former Store Manager recently filed an employment complaint against First Cash and Cash America (also known as Cash America Pawn) for unpaid overtime compensation. “We estimate that 1,000 store managers nationwide have been misclassified and eligible for overtime,” says attorney Alan Crone, “and upwards of 3,000 employees may have an... - Cash America Pawn Wage & Hour Lawsuit News and Legal Information
A store manager at First Cash, Cash America Central or Cash America Pawn has filed an overtime complaint against the franchise chain. Plaintiff Mr. J. Martin East alleges he has been misclassified as exempt and that First Cash has failed and refused to pay him and those managers in similar positions overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a work week. ... - Drywall Contractor Fined $2 million; Is California Wage Theft Rampant?
Aug-10-18 Los Angeles: After workers at Fullerton Pacific Interiors Inc., complained about California labor law violations to the non-profit Carpenters Contractors Cooperation Committee, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office stepped in. Investigators found that the drywall company paid a daily rate that didn’t include overtime hours or rest breaks and 28... - SoCal Drywall Company Fined $1.9M for Wage Theft Violations
Aug-7-18 Fullerton, CA According to California’s Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, it is a known problem: construction companies often pay workers a flat rate rather than for all hours worked, in order to evade having to pay workers the rate required under state laws. This is wage theft, and it is a violation of California state labor laws . The state Lab... - Intel to Shell Out $5M to Settle California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
Jul-16-18 Santa Clara, CA Plaintiff Medina Asalati was formerly employed by Intel Corp. as an administrative assistant. She lead a class of over 3,000 hourly Intel employees including admins, clerical workers, janitors, and logistical support specialists in a class action lawsuit that has been resolved for millions of dollars. Intel denies any wrongdoing in the set... - California Labor Commissioner’s Office fined general contractor and sub-contractor for wage theft violations
Jul-13-18 Long Beach, CA After a lengthy investigation into wage theft of Champion Construction Inc., a contractor hired by San Diego general contractor TB Penick, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office found that Champion cheated 103 workers by maintaining false payroll records over a six-month period. Both TB Penick and Champion were held responsible under... - Supreme Court Restricts Class Action Availability for Wage Theft Violations
Jul-10-18 Washington, DC “Congratulations! Welcome to FillInTheBlank Company! Sign here and ask for Ms. Someone when you come tomorrow.” By the time the intake interview is over, many workers have already signed away their rights to bring class action wage theft lawsuits under federal and California labor law . It matters because wage theft is... - Cheesecake Factory Found Liable for $4.57 Million Wage Theft
Jul-3-18 San Diego, CA The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has found that The Cheesecake Factory and its janitorial contractor, Americlean Janitorial Services Corp., engaged in wage theft, withholding millions of dollars that were lawfully earned under California prevailing wage law . Americlean subcontracted the night cleaning work to another company... - California Labor Law Violation Fired at Fidelity Stands, Typo Goes
Jun-25-18 Santa Clara, CA: Fidelity Investments tried to wangle out of a proposed class action lawsuit alleging California labor law violations by saying the plaintiff’s employment agreement contained a "typo" and she wasn’t in fact an employee. But Fidelity’s excuse appears to have back-fired. “It is astounding how clearly [Fidelity] held... - Former Marriott Hotel Waiter Appeals Dismissal of his California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
Jun-18-18 San Jose, CA: Ex-waiter Ian McCray worked for the San Jose Marriott from May of 2012 to August of 2015. He claims that during that time, Marriott Hotel Services did not pay him the minimum wage required by the city’s municipal wage ordinance. The ordinance appears to provide for a waiver of the minimum wage requirement if employees agree to those terms i... - California State Labor Commissioner Slams Restaurants with Wage Theft Violations
Jun-13-18 San Francisco, CA: Despite California restaurants in the past few years receiving huge fines for California labor law violations, some employers seem to have missed the memo, or perhaps they think employees on salary aren’t entitled to overtime compensation. Or perhaps they think restaurant workers, from dishwashers to cooks to General Managers, are af... - Potential H&M Class Action Lawsuit Over Unpaid Security Bag Checks
Jun-7-18 San Jose, CA: A former H&M employee, Ser Lao, has sued fashion retailer H&M in federal court for allegedly failing to provide employees with correctly itemized wage statements, and failing to pay employees minimum wage, overtime, and premium pay for missed meal and rest periods. Lao’s California unpaid wages lawsuit also alleges that H&M violated Cali... - CA Top Court Makes it Harder for Employers to Deny Overtime by Designating Workers as Independent
May-23-18 Los Angeles: A groundbreaking decision has been issued in Dynamex v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County . The Court adopted a three-part test that applies to any alleged misclassification under a California Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) wage order. The IWC regulates wages, hours, and working conditions, and requires “employees” to... - New California Ruling Easy as 'ABC' to Determine Employee or Independent Contractor?
May-10-18 Los Angeles, CA: California courts have been debating, defining and determining employment status—whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor-- since 1989. Misclassification has always been a gray area, despite California labor law holding for three decades the “Borello” standard. As of April 30, however, the new and mor... - Temp Worker Seeks Class Action Status for California Labor Lawsuit
May-3-18 Fremont, CA: Since the California Supreme Court issued its precedential California labor law decision in Brinker v. Superior Court of San Diego County , there have been a number of lawsuits alleging violations of California state labor laws for meal and rest break violations. Now, a woman who was hired by Tesla to work in its Fremont, California f... - California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit: Class Action Lawsuit Brewing Against Starbucks
Apr-27-18 Los Angeles, CA: Former Starbucks employee Douglas Troester first filed this case in Los Angeles Superior Court back in 2012, alleging that he was not compensated for time spent closing the Starbucks where he worked as a shift supervisor. Specifically, he claims that Starbucks required him to clock out before transmitting information about profits and loss... - Kellogg's Settles Unpaid Overtime Class Action for $16.8M
Washington, DC: A $16.8 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit pending against Kellogg's Co. If the preliminary settlement receives final approval it will end four years of litigation. According to the original lawsuit, filed by Patricia Thomas, Kellogg's deprived territory managers and retail store repres...