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Jan-18-08 Irvine, CA: It seems impossible in this day and age that any employer would try to get away with not properly paying employees for hours worked. Yet, in California there are many employers who are not paying employees for overtime hours. Now, the state of California is defending the rights of workers by filing lawsuits against companies that violate stat... - Baptist Memorial Hospital Workers File Class Action Suit for Unpaid Overtime
Jan-18-08 Memphis, TN: The list of plaintiffs is growing in a federal class action lawsuit against Baptist Memorial Hospital of Memphis, charging a deliberate policy of unpaid overtime for "off the clock" work. Baptist Memorial Hospital is part of Baptist Memorial Health Care, one of the nation's largest nonprofit health care operations, with 15 hospitals, 12,00... - Baptist Memorial Hospital Employee Overtime Representative Action
A representative action complaint has been filed against the hospital for allegedly failing to pay overtime compensation to employees. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on behalf of current and former employees, security guards, and nurses and claims Baptist Memorial Hospital violated the Fair Labor Standards... - Overtime Retail Workers: "I'm Christmas-ed Out"
Dec-21-07 Colorado Springs, CO: Retail chain Michael's Inc. requires their salaried store managers to work 50 hours per week but Kay and many others in management spend at least 80 percent of their time completing tasks outside of managing—such as stocking shelves and even cleaning bathrooms—up to 60 hours per week, with no overtime . "We got so Christ... - Unpaid Overtime: Never too Late to Claim in New York State
Dec-14-07 Albany, NY It's almost never too late in New York State to claim for [ unpaid overtime ], a contentious workplace issue that is haunting employers both large and small. If you think you have been unfairly denied overtime pay, you have up to six years to launch a claim. And, if you're successful, you can collect money owing—and penalties—for p... - California Labor Law - Nobody should have to go through this
Dec-12-07 Sacramento, CA It was Kaeley C.'s love of cooking that first drew her to a manager's job at Williams-Sonoma. But her experience working exhausting hours without breaks left her with a bad taste in her mouth. She knew California labor laws about overtime were on her side, even if her employer wasn't. "I felt abused," she said of her long hours. Managers... - California Labor Law: One employee cites three Violations
Dec-12-07 San Francisco, CA Brenda Cain worked the nightshift at a bank for eight years. For the first five years she and her co-workers didn't get a lunch break—ever. "We could have breaks, long enough to smoke a cigarette but then we had to get back to our desks because they had deadlines to meet," says Cain (not her real name). It is unbelievable that the b... - California Overtime Entitlement
Dec-11-07 San Jose, CA Mike Morgan (not his real name) was promoted from an hourly part time job to a new "fill-in" position as video-conferencer: a gray area, somewhere between part-time and full time. But his employer did make it clear that Morgan was exempt and therefore not entitled to overtime . However, the California Labor Law states that he is entitled... - California Overtime Abuse
Dec-7-07 San Diego, CA "I was hired as a clerk for Mercury Books - a chain of adult bookstores—in July, 2002," says Benjamin Ziff. "About 18 months later, I was promoted to a day shift position with basic managerial duties. Of course, they don't call anyone managers in this position, but I was placed on salary anyway—classified as exempt. I never had a... - Lawyer Discusses Overtime in Food Distribution Industry
Nov-30-07 Los Angeles, CA: Many employees are unaware that they are owed overtime compensation, or they don't know where to get help. Wage and hour attorney, Kim Anglin discusses overtime issues in the food distribution industry. "Route sales representatives are often misclassified as outside salespersons exempt from overtime wages by their employers," says Angli... - Interview with California Labor Lawyer Kim Anglin
Nov-19-07 San Diego, CA California labor lawyer Kim Anglin discusses the creative ways that employers pass on their cost of doing business—to the detriment of their employees. First, Anglin explains that there are two sets of overtime laws--federal and state laws. Each state can enact their own law and some, like California labor laws , have even higher... - Sanitation Overtime, Raleigh agreed to pay city workers $60,000 settlement
Raleigh, NC: (Nov-15-07) Over 45 sanitation workers brought charges against the city, alleging that it did not pay them for services rendered and overtime work. The long ensuing suit had a recent development, when the City Council approved a settlement that could pay the workers up to $15,000 in their complaints about unpaid work. Records show that the pay... - California Labor Law: Overtime does Apply
Nov-14-07 San Bernardino, CA David Salas worked at a small 'Mom & Pop" plumbing company for about 10 years. According to Salas, everything was going well until Frassica Plumbing hired an outside company to handle its payroll. They were way outside. In fact, this payroll company was so far away that they told employees the California labor law did not apply to t... - California Labor Law: Jerry Brown Gets Tough on Rogue Companies that Don't Pay
Nov-6-07 Sacramento, CA In California, state Attorney General Jerry Brown has signaled a harsher stance on employers exploiting workers in contravention to California Labor Laws , by launching a lawsuit against Brinas Corp. on November 1st. The lawsuit alleges that the Colorado-based contractor underpaid employees, failed to pay taxes and the required workers'... - Claims Investigator Overtime, City of Palo Alto pays former employee $335,000 settlement for unpaid overtime
Palo Alto, CA: (Nov-01-07) Casey O'Neill, former Palo Alto claims investigator, brought charges against the city in August 2005, alleging that she was owed overtime wages for her work in the city attorney's office. She later alleged that she faced retaliation after she filed suit against the city. Following a series of cost-benefit analysis, the city agree... - School Bus Drivers' Overtime, Palm Beach County School pays drivers and attendants $1.3 million employee overtime settlement
Palm Beach, FL: (Oct-31-07) Several school bus drivers and attendants brought charges against the Palm Beach County School Board, alleging that they were not properly paid for services they rendered to the school, including overtime. As part of a settlement reached between the parties, the Palm Beach County School Board agreed to pay school bus drivers and... - Nail Salon Employees, 167 Nail Plaza pays two employees $225,000 for overtime and employment violations
Manhattan, NY: (Oct-30-07) Three former workers brought charges against 167 Nail Plaza, a salon on the Upper West Side, alleging that they were treated unfairly and were denied federal employment rights. As part of a settlement reached with former salon owner Dong Rim Park, a jury in Federal District Court awarded one worker, Susan Kim, $182,000 for overti... - Overtime Records, City of Akron must pay two employees $1.7 million for destroying public records that proved unpaid overtime
Akron, OH: (Oct-16-07) Victoria Elder and Elizabeth Kish, two city workers, brought a lawsuit against the city of Akron, alleging that the city destroyed public records detailing their unpaid overtime when they threatened legal action. During the course of the suit that was filed in December 2006, city officials admitted that the records in the Plans and... - California Labor Law: Know Your Rights
Oct-15-07 Yerington, Nevada: Ron Green has researched the California labor law and has a few issues with his former employer. The amount of money owed him in overtime isn't the main point, Ron explains. "It's the way this company treats its employees and that is why I want to pursue this [ lawsuit ]," he says. For the past four years, Ron (not his real name) a... - Farm Workers Overtime, Three Mile Canyon Farm pays $250,000 settlement to employees
Boardman, OR: (Oct-01-07) Several farm workers filed suit against the Three Mile Canyon Farm, alleging that they were not paid overtime wages. The suit claimed that about 130 people worked overtime at the Three Mile Canyon farm in Boardman, Oregon. But Oregon Public Broadcasting reported they were paid straight time because management claimed that agricult...