SAN FRANCISCO — Minor league baseball players filed a class action wage and overtime pay lawsuit in California federal court against Major League Baseball (MLB). The MLB, its 30 teams, and its commissioner are accused of violating state labor laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The violations include wages well below state and […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Allstate Insurance Company lost its appeal of a class action overtime pay lawsuit recently. A three judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Allstate’s casualty claims adjusters may proceed with their claims against the company. The claims adjusters allege the insurance giant violated California labor law when it […]
SANTA ANA — In April, MetLife reached a settlement with its financial service representatives in an overtime pay class action lawsuit. Recently, a California federal judge rejected the proposed settlement offer, finding it did not equitably distribute the funds among the class members. The settlement, worth nearly $2 million, was meant to redress a claim […]
LOS ANGELES — SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp., could face a class action wage and overtime pay lawsuit. Current and former SpaceX factory employees in California design, manufacture, deploy, and maintain rockets, spacecraft, and their engines and parts. In the lawsuit, recently filed in California state court, the factory employees claim the company violated […]
LOS ANGELES — Delivery drivers for Anheuser-Busch InBev filed a putative class action lawsuit in California federal court recently. They claim they were denied overtime wages and were discouraged from taking their meal and rest breaks in violation of state and federal labor laws. The delivery drivers allege these labor law violations could total more than […]
FRESNO — CVS Pharmacy Inc. and about 2,275 current and former warehouse employees reached a settlement recently in their class action overtime pay lawsuit. The warehouse employees claimed CVS failed to compensate them for their “off-the-clock” work when they entered and exited the distribution centers. This failure to pay for “off-the-clock” work allegedly resulted in […]