LOS ANGELES — The United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division has settled an overtime pay lawsuit brought on behalf of employees of El Pollo Loco for unpaid overtime wages. The El Pollo Loco franchise has four locations in Southern California, which are operated by four different companies, with a total of […]
LOS ANGELES — California Cartage Co. is facing a potential class action unpaid wage and overtime lawsuit from a group of its warehouse workers. The warehouse workers at the Port of Los Angeles claim the distribution company not only subjected them to harsh working conditions, it also failed to pay them all of the wages […]
LOS ANGELES — After the recent Supreme Court decision rejecting Amazon warehouse employees’ claims for overtime pay for time spent in post-shift security screenings, a California district court judge has dismissed two similar claims brought against Apple. In June 2014, the district court judge declined to dismiss the two Apple overtime pay lawsuits while the […]
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 […]
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 […]