LOS ANGELES — A California outlet of United Kingdom-based lingerie retailer The Agent Provocateur faces an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit filed by an employee, alleging the store failed to properly account for many of its employee’s proper earnings.
LOS ANGELES — A group of sales associates for Coach, Inc. has reportedly agreed to settle a wage suit against the company alleging violations of the California labor code. The company, based in California, has agreed to settle the putative class action suit in exchange for paying $1.75 million. The settlement would resolve the claims […]
A company that operates apartment buildings for college students will pay $800,000 to settle claims by a class of 184 resident advisers in California. The lawsuit alleged the students received compensation in the form of free lodging, which does not satisfy minimum wage obligations in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the […]
OAKLAND — Calavera, an upscale Mexican restaurant, became the latest eatery in Oakland to become embroiled in an overtime wage lawsuit with some of its former workers. The restaurant opened last August and is already in hot water as it battles, not only a civil lawsuit, but the pressure of activists groups fighting what seems to be […]
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A group of Dr. Pepper Quality Supervisors have filed an overtime wage lawsuit in California against Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. and The American Bottling Company. The lawsuit alleges the soft drink companies misclassified employees in an attempt to work around California overtime laws. The class action overtime wage lawsuit was filed in San Bernardino County […]
ENCINO, Calif. — Employees who work as service advisers for car dealerships aren’t eligible for overtime pay because they fall within a Fair Labor Standards Act exemption, according to a lawyer for a California auto dealership. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in mid-April in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, where a private car dealership […]