LOS ANGELES — Interstate Hotels & Resorts Inc., a hotel management chain, is facing a class action wage and overtime pay lawsuit in California state court. The employees allege the company violated state labor laws when it failed to provide meal or rest breaks, to pay the state’s minimum wage, and to pay overtime when […]
LOS ANGELES -More than 1,700 part-time merchandise employees appear to have reached a settlement with Kraft Foods Global Inc. in their wage and overtime class action lawsuit recently. The settlement received preliminary approval from a California state court in mid-November, allowing the parties to move closer to resolution of this dispute. The parties received preliminary […]
LOS ANGELES — Smart & Final Stores LLC received final court approval of its $3 million settlement intended to resolve a California class action wage and overtime lawsuit. The complaint alleges more than 16,000 employees were denied proper compensation for all of the hours they worked. The retail workers were allegedly denied overtime wages as […]
LOS ANGELES — A California court of appeals has been asked to reverse a $90 million award in a class action rest break violation decision. ABM Industries Inc., a facilities management company, was accused of denying security guards uninterrupted meal breaks and failing to compensate them for their time. In its appeal, the company claimed […]
LOS ANGELES — A class action wage and overtime claim in California court has reached a preliminary settlement. Verizon California Inc. allegedly provided inaccurate wage statements which were missing information essential to determining if employees were properly paid for all the hours they worked. The settlement, which received preliminary court approval at the end of […]
LOS ANGELES — Commercial real estate appraisers with JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed a putative class action overtime pay lawsuit in California federal court last year. The appraisers claim the financial giant misclassified commercial real estate appraisers as exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and California state laws. A California federal […]