SACRAMENTO — Twenty-two California residential care facility workers will receive close to $45,000 in unpaid wages and liquidated damages according to a California district court judge’s ruling. The court’s ruling resolves the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) lawsuit filed against Jaime Gacilan and his three care facilities: Ocampo Gacilan Home Inc., Bilby Home Inc., and […]
HEMET, Cali. — The former owner and general manager of El Toro Market in Hemet, California, was recently convicted of obstructing the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) investigation into alleged overtime pay violations. The former owner’s brother pleaded guilty earlier this year to the same offense. On top of the convictions, El Toro Market was […]
SAN DIEGO — Twelve employees at Adalberto’s Mexican Food restaurant in San Diego will share in $44,226 in back wages for unpaid overtime and $44,266 in additional damages. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) performed an investigation of the California restaurant and the evidence was not in the restaurant’s favor. From the DOL’s investigation Adalberto’s […]
LOS ANGELES — A sales associate for Zillow, the online real estate company, filed a proposed class action overtime pay lawsuit against the company recently in California federal court. The sales associate’s claim is one of two lawsuits filed against the company by sales associates; the second includes claims of retaliation against a whistleblower. The […]
LOS ANGELES — A grocery chain, Vallarta Food Enterprises Inc., in California received final approval of its close to $1.5 million settlement offer in a wage and overtime pay class action lawsuit. Nearly 15,000 employees claimed they were required to work off the clock at the more than 40 stores across the state in violation […]
SAN DIEGO — Joe’s Crab Shack managers will have a second chance at their claims against the company after a successful appeal of the California trial court’s decision in their case. The managers at California Joe’s Crab Shacks claimed the company misclassified their positions as exempt from overtime pay. The lower court denied the managers’ […]