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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]