SAN JOSE, Calif. — The operator of five assisted living facilities in San Jose, Calif. owes $443,460 for alleged California law minimum wage and overtime violations, according to a citation announced March 28 by the California Department of Industrial Relations. The company, TJ Homes Corp., must pay 22 caregivers $192,050 in back wages, $150,200 in liquidated […]
MURIETTA, Calif. — A group of general managers for Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurants were denied class certification in a wage suit filed by a former general manager, Richard Sinohui, alleging violations of California labor law. Sinohui worked in one of the restaurant’s Murietta, California locations and sought to represent a class including all general managers […]
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court approved a settlement agreement that would put to rest claims by a class of employees against Crowdflower Inc., a crowdsourcing labor company, for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The settlement totaled $585,507, which settles the claims of a class consisting of nearly 20,000 employees. The […]
LOS ANGELES — A group of Uber drivers who filed a wage suit against the company for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have formally asked a federal court to grant them conditional class certification. The plaintiffs stated that there was sufficient evidence to show that the proposed class was subjected to the […]
LOS ANGELES — Alejandro Ruiz, who was an employee of JCP Logistics Inc., a J.C. Penney Co. Inc. subsidiary, has agreed to settle his class action overtime suit alleging violations of wage provisions of California labor laws. The settlement agreement would total $900,000, $300,000 of which would be paid out for attorneys’ fees and $30,000 […]
LOS ANGELES — A former employee of Forever 21, a well-known clothing brand, filed a proposed class action suit claiming that the retail store violated the California Labor Code. The plaintiff, Raalon Kennedy, proposed a class consisting of similarly-situated current or former sales clerks for Forever 21, and is seeking compensatory damages, payment of denied […]